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Despite decades of evidence on the toxic effects of lead battery recycling, companies opted not to act and blocked efforts to clean up the industry.

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[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Well, there is still the temperature constraints of Lipo and LiFePo batteries (the latter being much better at cold and hot charging).

But the point is that lithium batteries operate under a pretty big compromise of needing heating and cooling when temps are too cold and too hot, respectively. That is where lead acid has a pretty significant advantage.

Edit: I had a 1991 miata, and I don't recall having a lithium battery. It was rear-mounted, though.

[–] mortalic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

I lol'd because growing up in cold climate. You had to put a block heater to keep your engines warm enough to start. That ran off electricity. So..... You know, batteries keeping themselves warm isn't really different.

Right this very minute I've got two battery tenders keeping the lead acid batteries trickle charged on some motorcycles in my garage.

None of this shit is different in any meaningful way.

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 points 38 minutes ago

I lol'd because growing up in cold climate. You had to put a block heater to keep your engines warm enough to start.

I'm from Winnipeg, I know.

None of this shit is different in any meaningful way.

It is functionally very different. We heat our blocks, but rare is the person with a battery blanket.

Teslas need warming and cooling for their batteries, and even at that, they lose huge range in super cold winters. But that isn't the real problem, which is that recharge cycles are fewer and fewer every time you charge a cold li-ion.