If you have been reading this blog for long, you’ll know that I like the idea of electric cars as long as they are viable, long-distance modes of transportation. The distance requirements stem from the fact that if you’re in Montana, you can’t visit too many places without making a round trip of 150 miles or so. But some manufacturers seem to be getting that one under control.

More and more people are waking up and getting involved in the design and production of electric cars and batteries, which is sure to have them begin populating our roads over the next few years. The thing that worries me about that is the batteries. The current versions use pretty large lithium batteries.

So, when one of those vehicles ends up at a scrap yard, what happens to the battery(ies)? How do they get recycled? Who takes them out of the vehicle? Who’s responsible for the correct disposal? I believe somebody must have already thought of these questions and has answers – are you the one?