How old electric car batteries could power the future
“We’re seeing enough of them that it’s more than a trickle,” he said.
EV batteries are expensive and resource intensive to make. So, just like the robust auto parts market that exists today, a new industry around second-life uses for these batteries is taking shape. in Japan. General Motors has retrofitted Chevrolet Volt batteries to be capable of supplying homes with backup power. B2U Storage Solutions in the U.S. is using EV batteries to store excess power from California’s solar farms.In Canada, Montreal-based start-up EVB360 is remanufacturing LEAF and Volt batteries to create energy storage devices that could be used in off-grid situations.
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