Electric vehicle battery recycling

Electric vehicle battery recycling

OSAKA, Japan - A demonstrator charges Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s i-MiEV using a recycled lithium-ion battery at a charging station in Kyoto on Jan. 25, 2011. The automaker and battery maker GS Yuasa Corp., as well as two other firms unveiled a new method to recycle lithium-ion batteries in the carmaker's electric vehicles.

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