Not dead yet: The race to give spent EV batteries a second life on the grid and beyond
A decade or two on the road will drain an EV battery’s range and hobble its acceleration. But while it peters out for daily commutes, that battery still has a lot of juice left. This episode of Positive Charge from GeekWire focuses on companies resurrecting these batteries to power off-grid communities, industrial sites and energy-hungry data centers.
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