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Redwood Materials Will Recycle Hawaiian Grid Batteries

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Built in 2015, the Anahola station is old enough that its batteries have reached their end of life. Currently, materials such as nickel, manganese, lithium, and cobalt are sourced from Indonesia, South Africa, Australia, South America, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and elsewhere. They’re not ready for recycling.”

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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passenger-vehicle fleet over the period between 2015 and 2050. Even so, working within that budget would require a 30 percent reduction in the projected cumulative emissions from 2015 to 2050 and a 70 percent reduction in annual emissions in 2050, compared with the business-as-usual emissions expected in a world without EVs.