Where could millions of EV batteries retire? Solar farms.
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A Southern California company is showing how repurposing EV batteries for stationary storage can extend their usefulness for several years.

This Southern California solar farm is using retired EV batteries for storing the power and then send to the grid when needed. This way the retired batteries can extend their usefulness for several…::A Southern California company is showing how repurposing EV batteries for stationary storage can extend their usefulness for several years.

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    172·
    7 months ago

    Batteries and by extension EVs have a much lower risk of catching fire than ICE cars. Stop repeating fossil fuel industry gaslighting.

    • LwL@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      7 months ago

      Lower risk yes, but also harder to put out yes, and also the comparison here isn’t about cars at all.

      It still shouldn’t be an issue as long as you place the storage somewhere where the fire can be contained easily, then worst case the whole storage burns down but there wouldn’t be significant collateral damage.

    • wooki@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      11·
      7 months ago

      Bring on electric grid storage but don’t delude yourself it’s all sunshine and rainbows. The dangers of lithium nickel cobalt fires and toxic chemical release is very serious with a weird cult like level of ignorance. The actual grid battery fires and subsequent poisioning that’s occurred recently without consideration for the downwind population and groundwater are raising some big red flags.

      Current state procedure for putting out lithium nickel cobalt fires. Hazmat gear and let it burn out.