Between fire risk, lack of environmental logic and sheer expense in multiple areas I can't wait for battery powered transportation to enter the trough of disillusionment and for realists to put some checks and balances in place.
'EV battery problems also expose a hole in the green "circular economy" touted by carmakers.
At Synetiq, the UK's largest salvage company, head of operations Michael Hill said over the last 12 months the number of EVs in the isolation bay – where they must be checked to avoid fire risk - at the firm's Doncaster yard has soared, from perhaps a dozen every three days to up to 20 per day.
"We've seen a really big shift and it's across all manufacturers," Hill said.
The UK currently has no EV battery recycling facilities, so Synetiq has to remove the batteries from written-off cars and store them in containers. Hill estimated at least 95% of the cells in the hundreds of EV battery packs - and thousands of hybrid battery packs - Synetiq has stored at Doncaster are undamaged and should be reused.'
Thisis madness!