Originally Posted by Graham, G4FUJ
Originally Posted by Hamwich
Originally Posted by craig123
and where do they go at the end of life .


End of life EV batteries don't get chucked away. They are re-purposed into storage arrays for virtual power plants/demand response systems for renewable generation sources. There is enormous demand for these, and the fact that vehicle batteries are generally lasting much longer than the original estimates predicted mean that the value is really quite high. That's what these installations are full of:

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Just curious - where do they go after they have insufficient capacity for such use?

BTW I'm with you on the i3 Rex. BMW apparently dropped it as customers had problems with the ICE plant - mainly due to lack of use. Have a feeling I read that here somewhere...



Hi Graham

I don't know where this battery farm is located. We have one a few miles from where i live. It has a capacity of 40 Mw. Together with a bunch of local "engineering" types we visited. We were told that the deal on the batteries from the supplier was "for life" ie whenever a battery fails the supplier provides a replacement FOC. Nothing was said about SH batteries, but the "for life" suggests they might be SH because there will be a continuous supply from EV's. ....Very interesting i would say?

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