China needs to deal with discarded electric-vehicle batteries

Avik Sinha; Jing Wu; Muhammad  Sheraz; Quande Qin

doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01508-y

China needs to deal with discarded electric-vehicle batteries

Avik Sinha
, Jing Wu
, Muhammad Sheraz
, Quande Qin^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Shenzhen University

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The oversupply of electric vehicles (EVs) in China has led to a growing retired EV battery recycling crisis. Existing government regulations and industrial innovations are inadequate to address this issue, as the growing demand of the EVs is aggravating the issue. Consumer-centric scientific innovation-based policy design for efficient recycling and refining is necessary to transform this problem into an opportunity.

Original language	English
Journal	Nature
Volume	641
Issue number	594
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01508-y
Publication status	Published - 13 May 2025

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