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What Happens When Your Volt or Ampera Battery Gets Old?

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by massparanoia, May 22, 2012.

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  1. drinnovation

    drinnovation EREV for EVER!

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    Yes, but when you replace an ICE what happens to the parts.. The point of the article was not instante recycle, but reuse with a different purpose.. massive UPS buffer for houses (or computers), or maybe for wind-power storage or off-grid home solar storage.
     
    #21 drinnovation, May 24, 2012
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    When the battery of a good car dies it goes to battery heaven.

    When the batteries in a Lexus LS hybrid or Escalade hybrid die they go to battery hell.
     
    #22 austingreen, May 24, 2012
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    Yes - and when the battery of a good car dies, all of its ancillary components instantly convert to sun beams and children's smiles.

    ;)
     
    #23 hill, May 24, 2012
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    I don't think the children have time to smile while the family car undergoes a fusion reaction.
     
    #24 Trollbait, May 25, 2012
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