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

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304 points computerliker | 1 comments | 23 Aug 25 18:29 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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robofunk ◴[27 Aug 25 22:09 UTC] No.45045947[source]▶
What's interesting is that if the batteries are being sourced from JDM cars the batteries are probably relatively young due to the average age of Japanese cars being relatively low (8.7 years) and the amount of yearly mileage is also half for JDM cars when compared to the US. So if you tried the same in the US it may not be as viable.
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wiredpancake ◴[27 Aug 25 22:11 UTC] No.45045973[source]▶
It's almost like EV batteries don't last long...
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stanmancan ◴[27 Aug 25 22:32 UTC] No.45046160[source]▶
Turns out they're lasting much longer than expected: https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/12/existing-ev-batter...
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wiredpancake ◴[27 Aug 25 23:32 UTC] No.45046574[source]▶
Nope. Why would Toyota even have an abundance of "old" EV batteries to begin with if they "lasted much longer than expected".

I have a Toyota Landcruiser from 1990.

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1. Tade0 ◴[27 Aug 25 23:46 UTC] No.45046679{3}[source]▶
Which most likely wouldn't pass Japanese vehicle inspection performed, IIRC, every two years. Also this means that it was never totalled.

Plenty of cars suffer the latter and with safety systems as they are now, it's more likely than in the past.