A Tesla Co-Founder Just Solved EVs’ Biggest Problem

Electric vehicles are awesome. Instant torque, no asphyxiating tailpipe pollution, and overall far lower emissions than combustion vehicles — <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikescott/2020/03/30/yes-electric-cars-are-cleaner-even-when-the-power-comes-from-coal/?sh=69938d8e2320" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">even if you charge them up with electricity from a coal-fired power plant</a>. However, this doesn’t mean they are beacons of sustainability. The battery packs that power them have a <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01735-z" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">horrific environmental impact</a>. The raw materials needed to make them, like nickel, manganese, copper, and lithium, all have abominable mining practises that cause habitat loss, carbon emissions, and heavy metal leaching that poison the surrounding ecosystem. But JB Straubel, former Tesla CTO and one of Tesla’s five co-founders, has just developed a brilliant solution to this pressing issue: battery recycling! <a href="https://medium.com/predict/a-tesla-co-founder-just-solved-evs-biggest-problem-a23aae004f10">Read More</a>