Scrap Auto Battery Reuse
Scrap Auto Battery Reuse
Cleveland Scrap Cars has yet to scrap an electric vehicle and are eager to do so! The heavier weight metals, namely steel, are beginning to have their use limited in newer vehicle production. The old car removal industry will hopefully begin to realize some new recyclables as more of these vehicles reach their end-of-life phase.
On June 10th 2015, autonews.com had a story titled ‘GM to announce secondary use for EV batteries’ with the following somewhat lackluster story: “GM plans to announce a development in the secondary use for electric vehicle batteries, bringing more attention to the growing stationary energy storage market. Unlike Tesla Motors, which last month unveiled a separate product for the stationary energy market, GM’s use will focus on extending the economic life of a battery after its use in an EV. A GM spokesman declined to reveal further details about the announcement. In 2012, GM & engineering group ABB showed how they could repackage 5 batteries from GM’s Chevrolet Volt hybrid plug-in car into a unit capable of providing 2 hours of electricity needed by 3 to 5 average US homes.
In many cases, when an EV battery has reached the end of its life in an automotive application, only 30% or less of its life has been used. A tremendous amount of life can be applied to other applications like powering a structure. Tesla unveiled stationary energy storage systems for homes, companies & utilities that would expand the company’s reach beyond electric vehicles and into the growing area of the energy industry.” The full article is available at this link: http://www.autonews.com/article/20150610/OEM05/150619977/gm-to-announce-secondary-use-for-ev-batteries
It seems that these old batteries can be “packed” together to serve as a backup power sources for homes or other structures. This middle stage could be referred to as the redeployment stage, as the battery is no longer strong enough to power an electric vehicle, yet may serve a new purpose to further use the remaining life of the unit prior to recycling. I thought it was humorous that Tesla, a company that recently became profitable and is certainly still developing in their own auto market seems to want to branch out into being a battery provider for other industries. Sounds like a company that needs to focus on their core competencies before branching out.
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