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How are the batteries in hybrid cars to be disposed of?
Just wondering what is going to happen when the cars are old and the batteries are dead. Is this a potential harm to the environment?
Well interestingly relatively few batteries have been taken out of service yet. They are lasting far longer than anyone hoped.
Toyota for instance has a complete recycling program in place. The following is from an interview with Mary Nickerson, Technical Marketing Manager for Toyota Prius
Can you tell us more about how life cycle studies, material selection, and recycling questions were managed during the design process?
By example I can. Toyota dealers and the nine regional Toyota parts distribution centers collaborate on battery recycling. That kind of networking is something Toyota generally excels at. When a customer's Prius battery pack needs replacement, the truck that delivered a new one to his dealer returns to the parts center with the spent battery, and any other parts destined for disassembly and reclamation. When enough batteries have accumulated at a parts center to fill a truck, they are shipped to a recycle operation.
This is from the Toyota web site:
Recycling of Batteries from Hybrid Vehicles
In preparing for recycling of end-of-life Prius hybrid vehicles in the future, Toyota worked together with Panasonic EV Energy (PEVE) and Seino Transportation Co., Ltd. to set up in 1998 a nationwide recycling system that aims to collect and recycle all nickel-metal hydride batteries. Toyota has also drafted a dismantling manual for nickel-metal hydride batteries, which has been distributed to 1,300 collection and dismantling companies through Toyotsu Recycle Corporation.
Update:
The battery charge and discharge are controlled by the car's computer. There is no way for the driver to abuse the battery because the driver does not control how the battery is either charged are discharged. The computer maintains the battery charge in a range between about 50% and 70% or so, which results in the battery life being many thousands to tens of thousands of charge cycles. No mater how you drive the car the battery will last the life of the car. Some Prius's used as taxis have as much as 300,000 miles on the original batteries.
Two questions about hybrid cars?
Just bought a Camry Hybrid. It's not that I need a jump but just wondering IF I were to drain the battery completely somehow and needed a jump how does that work exactly?
and
If the car is parked for several months at a time (say due to a long trip) is it ok to leave the battery "plugged in"?
You jump start a Camry Hybrid just like any other car. It has a regular 12 volt battery. If it was so dead that the proximity key would not open the doors or trunk you would have to remove the little key from the key fob and put it in the door lock the old fashioned way to open the door.
There are recommendations in the owner's manual about long term storage but it's generally harmless. Toyota hybrids do not have lithium ion batteries. They have Nickel-Metal-Hydride (NiMH) batteries. The regular 12V lead acid battery may go flat over that period just like any other car battery. Once the car is started it will recharge the hybrid battery.
The first generation (2001-2003) Prius had only the one big hybrid battery. If it went dead it required replacement. It could not be jumped like more recent hybrids.
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