15-01-2025, 12:40 PM
(15-01-2025, 11:54 AM)nzoomed Wrote: Lots of naysayers talk about lithium recycling, environmental damage etc, this video goes into a bit of detail of their new refinery which will be able to refine recycled lithium, there will be a growing industry for lithium recycling over the next few years im expecting.A couple of points worth noting are that lithium refining that as stated literally includes "rinse and repeat" which is very demanding of water, and the refinery is sited in a desert location. Also moves are already underway to production of sodium based batteries. Not as energy dense as lithium equivalents but fine for applications where size and weight isn't so much a consideration such as static storage batteries. I guess Tesla has done their homework in both respects.