Sorry I forgot to cite my source. But from what you’re saying it sounds like you may be confusing it with traditional batteries and not lithium ones as found in EVs?
I forgot my source again 
But upon looking I found a more recent article that says the same thing:
The positive thing in this one is that they’re aiming to recycle 25% of of them now.
Maybe a wider search would have revealed 
It’s a good start. Shame you bought a Hyundai and not a Nissan 
Hopefully they get it up and running soon and others start to do similar or Nissan branch out and start recycling other manufacturers batteries as well.
There’s been a few articles lately that I’ve read. A few companies are looking into automation to get the batteries recycled as it’s a slow process to do and expensive at the moment.
Getting robots to do most the work will speed it up and make it cheaper in the long run.
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Hopefully not at the cost of more emissions 
it will be a big milestone when they finally tackle the battery recycling issues.
Who recycles the robot batteries?
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No regrets buying a Kona EV, widely thought to be best value/performance available back in 2018.
300 mile range versus Nissan’s 100+ mile struggle.
I think at that stage they become self aware and take over the human race 
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Bit of much needed investment at the motorway services
2021 might be the year I do a Bob Dylan, with the Mini JCW Electric due. I’d rather have an electric Abarth, but if the Mini is attractive enough I may have to finally hop off the fence.
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Piqued my interest. Expecting the range to be up there…
Bit of a disappointment.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that once my driving test is passed, the only option I really have is a hybrid. More than likely a Yaris.
I keep landing on the electric car page, however it’s the range letting them down in all cases. Battery capacity, charging speeds, just aren’t quite there yet for what I require.
It’s approx 500 mile drive to my dad’s place. To do that with petrol it’ll only need one stop for fuel and a couple of toilets breaks and a break for food / drink.
Replicate that in a electric car. It’s 3 or 4 stops to top up for 99.9% of the current market, of at least 60 minutes whilst the battery gets charged. So that 10 hour drive then becomes 14 hours if you go for the top end of 4 charges. You’ve then got the fact that public car charger points aren’t at the moment totally reliable.
If I get a hybrid, it’ll do be for 5-8 years until such a time that technology catches up, range increases, prices come down, charge points become more readily available and reliable.
If I was only driving local, then electric would be by 1st choice.
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I found that if you just drive locally then you don’t save loads on fuel and therefore can’t justify the huge cost of an electric car.
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Hadn’t thought about that too be fair, not factored that in as not really researched it to much, given I’ll be driving all over the place.
I used to get excited about electric cars, but now I’ve looked further I’m just meh, yeah whatever.
What do you drive now?
We currenly have a 1.0 Kia Xceed which is surprisingly nippy for it’s puny size, if still a relative tortoise compared to our previous 320D GT.
But it is super economical and low emmision, for a petrol vehicle.
I’d happily go electric too but the economics don’t make sense yet for us.
In my Kona I could easily achieve a 500 mile journey with just one 40 minute break for lunch and a top up charge.
I would have over 200 miles of range available at the destination.
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It’s a weird balance I found.
You do need to travel quite a bit to make it cost effective, but as @DaveJ said not too far because that then opens up a host of other issues.
I wouldn’t say you’re doing great things for the environment by owning one either. It’s certainly a step in the right direction but as discussed earlier all the battery production, lifespan and disposal seems to be a huge negative in this aspect.
I still really want a Tesla by the way, but now I work from home it would get used even less which pushes it even further out of my price range.
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I was just about to write this too. Unfortunately the latest prediction is electric fuel cells are going to fall to such a price that they out compete the cost of hydrogen fuel cells.
There’s plenty research going into hydrogen, including how to not have to pack it into the fuel cell under pressure.
I do believe that they’ll be a course correction at some point in the future, where the next generation of kids looks back, at how we went mental for batteries and caused the next disaster scenario. Hydrogen will get a look in then to go mainstream.
Early adopters. They still need to come down in price and go up in range before they’re mass-market ready. Though in terms of cost, lower service charges should offset some of the higher ticket price, don’t forget.
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