Why EV batteries could spark fires – or opportunities

By the end of the decade, Australia’s stockpile of depleted electric vehicle batteries will weigh almost as much as the arch of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Just 10 years later, that figure will rise to 360,000 tonnes of batteries – or more than six times the weight of the steel icon.

New research from the University of Technology Sydney this week revealed the extent of the issue facing Australian regulators if they failed to take action to recycle the power source.

But experts say…

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