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Environmental Economics - Tesla co-founder has plan to recycle EV batteries
15th September 2021
This FT clip looks at how a Tesla founder, JB Straubel, has moved into an unusual market - recycling lithium batteries.
This Tesla co-founder has a plan to recycle your EV batteries https://t.co/sg3N18SrFX
— FT Energy (@ftenergy) September 15, 2021
This is perhaps in the belief that he can build new electric car batteries out of recycled rather than newly-mined lithium.
This requires recycling used batteries for consumer goods, and creating new materials capable of being used in batteries. It's a fascinating area of technology, not least because of the rate at which we are starting to shift towards electric vehicles.
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Graham Watson
Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to tutor2u, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.
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