Solving the EV battery recycling puzzle : Short Wave : NPR
3 months ago

Solving the EV battery recycling puzzle : Short Wave : NPR

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The complex, colorful puzzle of recycling EV batteries Enlarge this image xia yuan/Getty Images xia yuan/Getty Images Electric vehicle batteries will all, eventually, reach the end of their lives. Today, business correspondent Camila Domonoske takes us on a tour of one company trying to crack the EV battery recycling puzzle — to learn what this case study can tell us about the larger battery picture. Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave. Listen to Short Wave on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

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Most electric-car batteries could soon be made by recycling old ones
4 weeks ago

Most electric-car batteries could soon be made by recycling old ones

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Despite a slowdown in electric-vehicle sales in some countries, demand for batteries was up by around 40% globally last year, and seems likely to continue at a similar pace. As China also commands the processing of other important battery materials, including manganese, cobalt and nearly all battery-grade graphite, there is concern about the vulnerability of supply chains should China begin …

Have a lemon, a penny and a nail? You can make light at home : Short Wave : NPR
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Have a lemon, a penny and a nail? You can make light at home : Short Wave : NPR

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Want to see a cool trick? Make a tiny battery with these 3 household items Enlarge this image toggle caption Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images We're going "Back to School" today, revisiting a classic at-home experiment that turns lemons into batteries — powerful enough to turn on a clock or a small lightbulb. But how does the science driving …

The race is on to build EV battery-recycling plants in the U.S.
5 months, 4 weeks ago

The race is on to build EV battery-recycling plants in the U.S.

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The race is on to build EV battery-recycling plants in the U.S. toggle caption Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for NPR WESTBOROUGH, Mass. Sponsor Message Meanwhile, some companies are working on a form of recycling called "direct recycling" that would take the battery apart without shredding it at all. "Battery recycling can play, in the long run, a really big role in making …

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