How will they be disposed of when they have reached the end of their functional life?
(may be broke/outdated!)
How will they be disposed of when they have reached the end of their functional life?
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Some last 50,000 miles while some just coming out are rated at 300,000 miles. Most are melted down and reused; no components are used up in the batteries, the just break down internally.
According to Toyota, the nickle metal hydride batteries they use have lasted 100,000 miles and are still going strong.
The batteries can be recycled and their component parts reused.
Modern nano Li batteries can expect 10-15,000 charge cycles
http://www.b2i.us/profiles/investor/fullpage.asp?f=1&BzID=546&to=cp&Nav=0&LangID=1&s=236&ID=9307
at a charge a day that is over 25 years, longer than the life of most cars, certianly longer than any infernal combustion engine (which is hard to recycle because of composite alloys and oil contaminants).
Toyota already have a buy-back & recycle process in place for their hybrid batteries.