What *Really* happens to used Electric Car Batteries? - (you might be surprised)

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[tavovv]

1:48 That Nokia battery is gonna jam that machine.

[EngineeringExplained]

This was awesome, props for answering so many of the questions surrounding this in a facility that’s actually doing it!

[BryanGreffin]

This process is interesting, but I'd really be interested in seeing what chemical separation processes they use to clean up and recycle the black mass, including effluent treatment and POG scrubbing tech, as well as the handling of waste such as filter cakes an the like. That's where the real magic happens.

[hapcot]

RIP. They just cancelled the Rochester location and are about to declare bankruptcy

[ElectroBOOM]

Nice to see the batteries are not wasted! I was hoping to see an explosion when they ground the car battery! I assume there is still a ton of energy left in there. What stops it from blowing up? The proprietary liquid is doing magic?!

[observingrogue]

Yes, please. I want to see the rest of this process, into turning the black mass into batteries. I'm here from your short video, and you answered my question there. They dont discharge them first. They just spread them underwater, and that solves the high voltage, and disassembly time & danger issues. I love this, and this company.

[spamburger-qrmi]

Impressive . Great journalism, ive often wondered about this

[wisdumb]

Started my career in an imaging consumables recycling plant. The ink and toner cartridges from spent printers and copiers get ground up in a very similar process to separate the plastics and metal types. Dropping off the spent cartridges at Staples and other similar storefronts was their method to acquire material as well and they called it a 'take-back program.' They also use a filter press to remove the toner powder from the water, but they called the resulting black bricks filter cakes instead of black mass. These are difficult processes and require a ton of R&D and trial and error to get right. Huge props to the people that worked hard to make this facility happen.

[eriknielsen]

I just did a research essay last year on EV batteries, and Li-Cycle was a big company that came up. Awesome to see this video of their Arizona facility!

[sladehelicoptersgaming]

Nothing was actually recycled in this video only separated ! Could we have a followed up one to show the black mass re smelted and used to manufacture new things 👍

[TimTacTV]

I loved how at 2:25 Zack said: "It's getting kinda loud but you can see them f̵l̵o̶w̸i̵n̶g̵ ̷t̶h̶r̷o̸u̷g̸h̶ ḧ̵̢e̶͔̒r̴̪̈́e̵̡͂, d̶̳͑o̶͍̔w̶̺͗ń̷̝ t̵̫̉̽ǒ̷̝̎ ̴̢͇̈͆ä̵͜ ̶̓͜͜s̶͔̖͘t̷̮̝̿̆r̶̗̀e̵̳̞̎a̷̝̹̾͝m̷͚̄,

[UndecidedMF]

Awesome video! I’ve been to the current Rochester facility (not the one under construction) and was blown away. Really awesome stuff.

[bobfk]

This is very informative.
I'm glad to see that so much of a battery can be recycled.

[MasterHD]

You answered so many of my questions, thanks!

[lolmandood]

This honestly makes me feel better about our recycling process. Props to everyone that made this happen.

[leetween]

Love it! I repair laptops for a big company and we send out a LOT of batteries to be recycled. Interesting to see the process. I shared it with my office.

[nerrade]

Great informative video. Very clean facility!

[WHATSINSIDEFAMILY]

This is super cool to see and learn about

[Falconhunter]

I reckon a follow up to show where the materials go and what they're used for. How they get further processed is going to be the game changer here.

[p.h.m.kletersteeg]

In the early eighties in Holland and Germany started subsidized of used batteries.
The processing plants were in East Germany.

Big suprise in 1990, when the borders opened; the "processing plants" were just....a landfill, where the batteries were