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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Good. Let the CEOs and billionaires choke when their monocle falls out into their Hapsburg Jaw stupid mouths.

[–] BoxOfFeet 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No doubt batteries are getting better all the time. But they're still hard to recycle, and and lithium mining isn't exactly environmentally friendly itself. I'm still hoping for either a different electrolyte or some new design method that makes them easier to disassemble and recycle. I'll be looking for a new car in probably 5 years, I really hope I'll feel good about EV's by then.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] BoxOfFeet 2 points 2 months ago

That's damn impressive, I wasn't aware of that. Thank you for sharing!

[–] BoxOfFeet 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The last I had heard was that it was a time consuming, very manual process. That the cells of the batteries had to be removed, opened, and unrolled all by hand. I don't see in the article anywhere that mentions the ease of disassembly, or if any of it can be automated. The 95% recovery is great, for sure. I wonder how scalable the project is though if it isn't automated.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] BoxOfFeet 1 points 2 months ago

Beautiful. That's exactly what I wanted to see. Thank you. That's a very cool video.