The Next Big Thing -- Making Money / Losing Money On EV Batteries -- July 23, 2018

Winners: entrepreneurs; agile retailers; Waste Management; shysters/scam artists
Losers: automobile manufacturers; early adopters; EV owners

Links:

• where three million EV batteries will go when they retire
• the rise of EVs could leave us with a big battery waste problem
• rise of EVs pose battery recycling challenge 

These were the data points from the first link that caught my attention:

• over time, EVs will need to be re-charged more often
• over time, EV's mileage range on a charge will decrease
• the average EV family car will need battery change at 10 years
• EV taxis and buses will need to be change at four years

Replacing batteries in EVs is not a trivial issue, both in time and cost.