What’s going to happen to all the old battery packs?
Supposed v reality….
There has to be something going on behind the scenes with insurance of EVs that we are unaware of.
There has to be.
Some kind of deals with insurance companies where the government pays subsidies to insurance companies or allows them to refuse to cover certain types of things like battery damage or fires.
Sure, EVs are a smaller share of the market, so overall, insurance payouts to ICE vehicle owners are sure to be larger, but with the things mentioned in article (that those of us who are honest and pay attention to) would demand higher insurance premiums for EVs at best, and at worst, denial to cover EVs at all.
We had a car fire in a hospital garage located under the hospital near me back in December, and they had to evacuate the hospital, all the patients, etc. It had all the hallmarks of an EV fire. Difficulty putting the fire out, extended time, toxic gases (I know-all car fires emit toxic gasses), etc.
All the news articles in my Leftist state say nothing about the vehicle. Since then, I have been watching for the release of the full report on the fire, but have seen nothing.
There is guy on YouTube from Australia (MGUY Australia) who is an Engineer and car enthusiast, and his excellent YouTube channel has dozens of videos on why Electric Vehicles are a non-viable technology as currently constituted.
He covers everything from the physics and battery construction to insurability. Here are some excellent ones:
These videos are very well done, by someone who understands the fundamental problems and the science behind them.
Assuming they are still somewhat functional, some may end up in home energy storage systems like this...
Do you want this in your garage?
Considering how the old blades from wind turbines end up in landfills...