I'll try to explain it in a simple way: the batteries of electric bikes do not dispose. Indeed They are reused and reciclano! I explain to you.
Scarred by the experience with alkaline batteries and with (first) mobile phones, understandably we fear the premature deterioration of the battery characteristics. By now we know from experience precisely that after certain cycles of recharging the batteries of our devices are beginning to show signs of inefficiency. But there are quality batteries and poor quality batteries and this obviously affects the price (see the myth “the electric motorcycle is dear”) as is the case for any other object to battery. Obviously you should always choose those quality not only for the personal benefit of a longer life and better functioning, but also because the quality batteries have a “chemistry known”, or they know their ingredients and will therefore be easier to manage once given up by our bike.
A high-level electric motorcycle such as those of Zero Motorcycles, has already battery guaranteed 5 years unlimited mileage. Always Californians they report that so far they have recorded a drop in performance to a maximum of 20% after many cycles and roughly 300.000 km.
And to a drop in performance it means that the battery becomes slower to load and faster to discharge, not that the electric motorcycle does not work or go more slowly.
When the battery is to be changed
When a battery is no longer suitable for the traction has still typically 80% of its capacity. As mentioned only it becomes slow in reload and release energy; it's time to dispose of? Niente affatto: for her opens a new future reuse, a second life, for example, as a domestic accumulator.
In Japan, eg, They are already being reused for powering the streetlights. In Gothenburg and London, instead, They serve to accumulate energy from the photovoltaic. We're going to need more and more so… will serve!
It must trigger a virtuous circle in which a vehicle is not left to itself, but it is removed in its entirety and “differentiated”. There is much to reuse and recycle.
It finished second life?
Even after his second life, a battery is fully recyclable. Many raw materials are recovered and put back into the cycle. Then, again, the problem of battery disposal is a false myth and again just do some trivial research to debunk.
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