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Toyota is recycling old EV batteries to help power Mazda's production line

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304 points computerliker | 3 comments | 23 Aug 25 18:29 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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skhameneh ◴[27 Aug 25 17:52 UTC] No.45042759[source]▶
This seems very bizarre given Mazda is probably the least (of all "major" manufacturers) focused on EV and electric initiatives.

Mazda only had one EV, the MX-30 EV. Less than 600 of the MX-30 EV were sold in the US during its production. It was a complete flop right out of production. Mazda leadership has been notorious for pushing rotary engines and shifting further away from EV initiatives.

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momoschili ◴[27 Aug 25 17:55 UTC] No.45042813[source]▶
Did you even read the article? It has nothing to do with producing EVs, they are using the old EV batteries to help power manufacturing facilities.
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1. Loudergood ◴[27 Aug 25 17:57 UTC] No.45042838[source]▶
This is very bizarre because that's exactly what GP was pointing out.
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2. momoschili ◴[27 Aug 25 18:21 UTC] No.45043117[source]▶
seemed like they were pointing out that Mazda EV offerings are bad and that they don't worry about EV initiatives. That doesn't have much to do with studying how to put older batteries to use - EVs can be bad for many reasons.

To me it seems perfectly reasonable to try to find a way to leverage depleted EV batteries for a factory - whether or not it's producing EVs or not.

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