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These Electric Cars Have Liquid Cooled Batteries (Awesome!)

2 February 2021 by Tristan Perry
Demounted battery from electric car Nissan Leaf. Cells of high voltage battery from Kiev, Ukraine.

In an increasingly electrifying automotive world, the issue of battery cooling is becoming a hot-button issue. The temperature of an EV battery has tremendous bearing on how safe it is to charge it. Car makers advise their customers to allow the car batteries adequate time to cool down before they start charging. But, when you’re … Read more

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Are The Batteries In Electric Cars Good Enough?

5 October 20201 January 2020 by Tristan Perry
Used Tesla battery cells

Mobile phone batteries are rubbish after 2 years, and laptop batteries need changing every 4-5 years. So are electric car batteries any better? After all, the cost of replacing the battery in a Nissan Leaf can be $5,000 or more, and the cost of replacing a Tesla battery (outside of the 8 year battery warranty) … Read more

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What Happens To Old Electric Car Batteries? Can They Be Recycled?

5 October 202026 March 2019 by Tristan Perry
A remote island, looking out over the sea

Electric car batteries can last for a decade or more before their efficiency starts to falter, but EV adoption has only really ramped up in the past 5+ years. So this poses the question of what will happen to the potential flood of unwanted, half-tonne battery packs in old electric cars. The problem The battery … Read more

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