Are recycled EV batteries as good a new ones? Yes! A thousand times yes!

EVs are a green alternative and we love them for that. But they could be even greener if we regularly recycled the valuable metals their batteries contain instead of relentlessly squeezing Mother Earth. The good news is battery recycling has been getting traction, and there are now many companies in North America and Europe building recycling plants, including Li-Cycle, Northvolt, Redwood Materials, and ReLIB, to name a few. But here’s the bad news: there’s still a big fat elephant in the room for consumers and carmakers alike — can recycled materials be just as good a virgin ones? Yes! A…

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