Defective EV Recall: Safety Concerns & Fires

Electric cars are known for how quickly they are depreciating in the secondary market – especially in recent years, when it became clear that the electric transition would not be as fast and comprehensive as politicians thought. But now in some markets the price of defective electric models begins to grow at a serious rate For reasons that have nothing to do with transport.











Search for solar systems

An excellent example of this trend is Australia, as reported The Guardian. Australian secondary raw materials companies claim that auctions for defective electric vehicles are attracting more and more buyers, and prices are rising. Explanation: Even old and lost some of their capacity batteries are very valuable for storing solar energy or supplying homes and facilities distant from the power grid.

We are already selling over 100 late electric cars every month, and the interest is record, explains Brandon Green of the Pickles auction house. “This market did not exist a year and a half agoS It is now at the very beginning, but demand is growing fast.





The EV battery is five times more powerful than the household

Most defective electric vehicles (due to severe damage or after crashes) in Australia are Tesla, and Chinese cars of brands such as BYD and Mg have also been found lately, Green said. Their interest in their batteries is understandable because an electric car battery is usually about five times more powerful than typical home energy storage batteries. “The requirements for a single battery for storing solar energy is much lowerthan they are for an electric vehicle, “explains Andrew Chadwick from the startup Second Life Battery Sales.” Even when the battery is no longer fit for an electric vehicle, it is a little ideal for a solar system. ”











A Music Festival, nourished by old electric vehicles

When an electric car battery drops to 70% of its original capacity, it limits the range and makes the car unwanted. But these 70% are sufficient for other uses. In September, the organizers of the Sunshine Coast Music Festival were banned from local authorities from using electricity from the network so as not to endanger domestic consumption. Then they They collected a trailer with old car batteries and they fed their entire eventS “More and more people are looking for batteries as an alternative to diesel generators. If you own a food truck or organize a music event, the clatter and the smell of the diesel generator are not desired,” Chadwick explains.