Li recycling 2% old fashioned lead acid 98%
In the podcast "Let's Talk About Electric Vehicles" Season 1, Episode 3 the podcaster discusses what happens to discarded lithium batteries. The podcaster lists sources and citations in the show notes...
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pnichols wrote:
Regarding "range comparisons" between EV daily drivers and fossil fuel daily drivers: Our daily driver must be ready for anything anytime (cuz I can't afford multiple types of daily drivers) ... not just running around servicing life's routine errands/work/etc..
i.e. We don't fly and we don't rent and we don't bus and we don't train, so how do we make unplanned/emergency long road trips to other states? For around 6 years we had to make multiple 1800 mile round trips to help care for my dear mother-in-law before she passed. We have other loved ones a long ways away that it's best we be able to visit for whatever reasons, if needed, at the drop of a hat.
When an EV has a 500 mile range in cold or hot or normal weather - with no access-wait charge up stations all over the place and a 15 minute charge up time -> then EV's will be ready for prime time. Until then, they're merely a niche market vehicle for specialized/restricted transportation use ... IMHO.
FWIW, what the transportation world needs most are batteries with energy storage volumetric densities approaching that of gasoline and diesel fuels.
For what its worth if I was in your position with those conditions I would probably have a gasser too. But I would think yours is an edge case. Having the ability to drive 600 or 700 kilometres a day would probably suffice for the vast majority of the population The majority of EV's sold do that now. So I would disagree and say that they are "ready for prime time", meaning they suffice most peoples needs.
JMHO
