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Japan finds a way to recover 90% of lithium from old EV batteries
(www.techspot.com)
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this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2026
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And that's why I said it's not happening. These batteries are far too heavy for cell phones. That's an increase in weight I would gladly accept, but I don't expect it to catch on.
Most of the weight in a phone is from the battery so to get an idea find a second cellphone and hold it with yours and that is the new weight. Ironically my cellphone is only 170g. Meaning that just the battery from your article is 2x the weight of my phone. I would gladly carry that for the increased battery life alone, but many will not.
Hope I'm wrong though and we do adopt it, or maybe they figure out how to make these batteries even lighter.