Episode

China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to deal with their aging batteries.

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MIT Technology Review Narrated
Published
Feb 4, 2026
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616
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/18/1130148/china-ev-battery-recycle/
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Summary

As early electric cars age out, hundreds of thousands of used batteries are flooding the market, fueling a gray recycling economy even as Beijing and big manufacturers scramble to build a more orderly system. This story was written by Caiwei Chen and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com