Chevy, Nissan Reveal Second-Life Uses For Electric-Car Batteries

Used Chevrolet Volt batteries for energy storage at GM facility in Milford, Michigan

It’s one of the most common questions about electric cars: What happens to the battery packs after the car is junked? Do they just get thrown away? Will any of them be recycled? What happens to their components? The answer is electric-car batteries will largely be recycled–but that they will have a second life after they’re taken out of the car… …read more