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

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Podcast: [MIT Technology Review Narrated](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mit-technology-review-narrated-835175)
Published: 2026-02-04T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/18/1130148/china-ev-battery-recycle/
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## Resource

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

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