The materials in a Lead acid battery are up to 98% recyclable.
That is not same as 98% of Lead acid batteries being recycled.
On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 at 21:57, Bill Dube via EV wrote:
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> The ~50% recycled percentage is steady-state. Same for 80% of raw
> lead going into battery production.
The ~50% recycled percentage is steady-state. Same for 80% of raw
lead going into battery production. These percentages have not changed
substantially for 50 years. (The percentage of raw lead going into
battery production has actually grown to more than 85% in recent years.)
In order
> More to the point, lead-acid batteries are not recycled at "nearly 100%" as
> claimed. If you look at the numbers provided by the lead industry
itself, at
> _least_ 30% of them escape the recycling stream
Hopefully, whoever does this sort of bean counting took into account
the number of
Does this article also ignore that there will be scaling efficiencies for
even the raw material procurement/mining? Mines and foundries selling
materials for Li-Ion batteries would certainly want to scale to meet the
larger demand, and will probably find cheaper ways to make/procure
materials,
This report ignores the fact that EVs are mechanically much simpler than
ICEVs. A motor, controller, and single-speed transaxle should cost less
than an ICE, ECU, and automatic transaxle, once the development costs are
amortized.
Also, with battery leasing, it's also possible to shift the
Why the electric-car revolution may take a lot longer than expected
An MIT analysis finds that steady declines in battery costs will stall in the
next few years.
by James Temple
Nov 19, 2019
Don’t expect electric cars and trucks to get as cheap as their gas-powered
rivals anytime soon.
A new
