Electric vehicle batteries reaching their end-of-life could cause a 'catastrophic' fire if they reached landfill.The government is developing a response to battery fire danger, and the sector wants EV batteries to be part of the plan.
"There some who are reluctant to do it, are much more focused on price and how can they can get away from having that obligation," Mr Linge said. said EV batteries were generally not ending up in landfill at this time because most car makers had direct relationships with recyclers. "These products are so risky. We see the fires with the small consumer batteries, imagine the fire size and the danger with a larger battery."
"I think we had a bit of a wake-up call when we saw ... the spontaneous EV fire down at the airport in the car park, that was sitting there by itself and there was a fire.But Ms Sloan said banning batteries from landfill would not work unless an alternative was available, including for bigger EV and home storage batteries like EVs.
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