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dcrazy
Sounds awesome, but this article seems to be an LLM rewrite of a press release:

> This article is based on verified sources and supported by editorial technologies.

Is there perhaps any other news about this plant or process, maybe with additional context on what will determine the market viability of their approach?

_Microft
I hope someone digs up a proper source for that because this one is a pile of AI slop illustrated with more AI slop.

Edit: I could not find anything yet.

oulipo
That's really cool! And if before recycling your (ebike) batteries you want to repair them, check out what we've designed in France at Gouach: https://gouach.com
arcane23
Do the cell connections allow for 10A discharge? I suppose it's some kind of contact solution, spring loaded?
lightedman
At what SoC?

Cuz I know in San Diego a lithium battery recycling project just cleared government inspection to shred and recycle batteries at ANY SoC, which is a major improvement vs most any other li-ion recycling facility which needs those batteries drained as much as possible before recycling begins.

jfengel
Is it difficult to drain the batteries?

I can imagine that it could be, having to grab thousands of batteries and figure out where their leads are. Is that the issue, or is there something else?

throwawayoldie
Not only is this so-called article slop, it breaks the back button. One more site to blacklist.
m463
Recycling lithium ion batteries makes my head hurt.

I think it would make more sense to reuse them:

1) use them in a car for 10 years

2) then pull them out then use them in a home for 10 more years

Recycling the batteries instead of #2 seems to me like recycling last years CPUs and GPUs for the silicon content.

or alternatively, it seems like grinding up lease return vehicles to be "green" (and conveniently get rid of the secondary market for used vehicles)

jambutters
I recall brunp from CATL/Robin Zeng in China said this: > recovery rate of over 90% for lithium and 99% for nickel, cobalt and manganese.

So its nice the US has a competitor here

thrance
Are we allowed to flag AI-generated articles? I feel like we should be.

I certainly did flag this one, it starts with an egregiously stupid AI "illustration" of the plant, and ends with "This article is based on verified sources and supported by editorial technologies", aka an AI wrote this.

Low-effort, full of inaccuracies = get that out of my sight, please.