What will happen when all these batteries in Hybrid cars wear out?

Question

All the lead and acid in those things can be dangerous! what will we do with thousands and thousands of batteries?

Answer 1

We will make new ones silly!!! Its the way we are.

Honestly batteries like the ones you are talking about can be rebuilt.

Answer 2

The lead will be melted down to make new batteries. The acid can also easily be recycled.

Answer 3

They'll get recycled, same as car batteries are today.

And they won't have lead nor acid.  Lead-acid is a very poor technology of battery, for three reasons:

1. It's unbelievably toxic, both the lead and the acid.

2. It's heavy (lead, hello!) for the amount of energy it stores.

3. They don't last very long! Just 3-6 years.

Cars today use lead-acid batteries because they're CHEAP.

Answer 4

To your leading concern, if lead/acid batteries are being used they are reported to be 99.5% recyclable into new batteries, the.5% probably being the plastic which will not decompose either (problem).  Most new hybrids don't use lead/acid as there are some innefeciencies the prefer to use lithium ion (like in laptops) and I know nothing about how recyleable those are.

CS

Answer 5

Recycle them.

Answer 6

some of the newer lithium ion batteries have been tested to 15,000+ recharges with only the slightest decrease in performance. That is 30 years of charging and discharging every day. Therefore these new batteries will most likely outlast your car. Of course normal wear and tear are a factor, however the battery chemistry is sound.

This is the future right here!

Answer 7

Q: Are hybrid batteries recyclable?

Toyota: Absolutely. In fact, Toyota pays a bounty to dealers who recover them from damaged vehicles. Additionally, our engineers are studying the possibility of remanufacturing these batteries.

Toyota has a comprehensive battery recycling program in place and has been recycling nickel-metal hydride batteries since the RAV4 Electric Vehicle was introduced in 1998. Every part of the battery, from the precious metals to the plastic, plates, steel case and the wiring, is recycled. To ensure that batteries come back to Toyota, each battery has a phone number on it to call for recycling information and dealers are paid a $200 "bounty" for each battery.

Answer 8

Also with the electric cars when are they going to build all the power plants and put up all the transmission lines needed to make it work.

Answer 9

well if they wear out they run on gas engine which in each model of hybird..as far as waste goes bottle it up and send it to iraq they got so much trash a little more wont hurt