Mechanics are repairing broken EV batteries for a fraction of the cost: 'There's a lot of batteries in the recycle bin that could be repaired'
"You’d be playing with fire if you didn’t know what you were doing."
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"You’d be playing with fire if you didn’t know what you were doing."
Fixing car and e-bike batteries saves money and resources, but challenges are holding back the industry
This story was first published by Grist . About three times a day, Rich Benoit gets a call to his auto shop, The Electrified Garage , from the owner of an older Tesla Model S whose car battery has begun to fail.
Fixing car and e-bike batteries saves money and resources—but challenges are holding back the industry.
This story was first published by Grist . E-bikes have been in the news recently for a reason nobody wants: Their batteries are sparking dangerous fires.