Is the so-called battery recycling really "detrimental to others"? Don't be silly, in fact, it is as pure as the purpose of "derailment" and "fund-raising".
Recently, Tesla quietly launched the "long-lost" battery recycling business, and plans to build a battery recycling system in a super factory in Nevada, USA. Although many car companies and third-party battery manufacturers have launched their own "recycling business" before, it doesn't seem to help much in the face of hundreds of thousands of tons of "garbage" and a mixed battery market every year.
Official website looks for eggs.
First of all, I'm glad to see that the car is a little nauseous. This "welfare" is really hard to find.
In fact, Tesla didn't put the so-called "battery recycling business" in a conspicuous place, but put it at the bottom of "After-sales Service and Maintenance" in the Q&A menu bar on the right side of "official website".
Even if I am happy to see the car in a trance, I think no one will really like it if it is really put on the front page and placed in the advertising space. This feeling is like looking for an "egg". Without spending some time and time, the sense of accomplishment will not be full. I have to say that Tesla is intentional this time.
It is conceivable that Tesla is so insecure and cautious about this business, or about this industry and this market. However, this is really no wonder Tesla, because this "gray zone" is really bad, even this "financial crocodile" with a market value exceeding Toyota's. We will talk about this in detail later.
In fact, Tesla's description of its new recycling business is extremely simple. The general meaning is, "the internal combustion engine can't work, I can, you are harmful, and I am born with wisdom." The left sentence, "Unlike fossil fuels, which emit harmful gases into the atmosphere and cannot be reused, Tesla? The materials used in lithium-ion batteries can be recycled. "In a correct sentence," For environmental protection and commercial reasons, it is a priority to extend the service life of the battery pack compared with recycling. Therefore, before scrapping consumer-grade battery packs and recycling them, Tesla? Every effort will be made to extend the service life of each battery pack, so that it seems that only Tesla has this business in the world.
Although Musk has previously said on social platforms that Tesla's power battery has a life of about 300,000-500,000 kilometers, if it needs to be replaced, the approximate cost is between 3,000-7,000 US dollars (about 20,500-4,780 yuan); Although Straubel and Musk have been engaged in recycling business for a long time. (Who is Straubel? Let's just say that battery management technology has always been one of Tesla's core technologies, and Straubel is its inventor. Material manufacturer)
But in fact, on the topic of power battery recycling, independent brands did not "fall behind" this time, but walked ahead.
Preemptive strike is not necessarily strong.
I believe everyone has heard of the concept of "separation of vehicles and electricity".
18, Contemporary Ampere Technology Co., Ltd., Limited New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Weilai Automobile, Guotai Junan International Holdings Co., Ltd. and Hubei Science and Technology Investment Group Co., Ltd. each invested 200 million yuan to establish Wuhan Weineng Battery Assets Co., Ltd., each holding 25% of the shares. Subsequently, on August 20, Weilai released Weilai battery rental service BaaS (battery? As? Answer? Service, battery as a service).
In a word, from now on, if you buy a Weilai car, you can choose not to buy its battery, but "borrow" it by leasing. This practice is absolutely mutually beneficial and win-win, which is convenient for manufacturers to recycle and reduces the use cost of consumers. Take Weilai ES6 Sports Edition as an example. If you choose the battery rental service, the car price will be reduced by 70 thousand yuan. In other words, 288,000 yuan can buy ES6, which really becomes a "naked car price".
Coincidentally, on September 1, Tucki successively launched its own battery leasing plan, that is, consumers can share the battery cost through seven-year and 84-year installment service, and after seven years, consumers can obtain the ownership of the battery.
Coincidentally, it is reported that Nezha Automobile has been busy with the "separation" recently, and it is said that it will cooperate with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. and Huading Guolian to adopt the "battery bank" leasing method to reduce the cost of users' first car purchase.
In addition, in addition to the new forces of building cars, some initiatives of traditional car companies and third-party battery recycling manufacturers are also forward-looking.
For example, as early as 2065438+September 2005, BYD and GEM jointly established a recycling system of "material recycling-battery recycling-new energy vehicle manufacturing-power battery recycling". In June, 2065438+2008, 1, we signed a strategic partnership agreement for recycling new energy power batteries with China Tower Company. On June 16 this year, BYD, China Tower and Shandong Zaozhuang National High-tech Zone signed a cooperation agreement and awarded BYD the title of "Member of Shandong Power Battery Recycling Association".
For another example, at the same time (June 16), the 50,000-ton battery dismantling project of battery technology started, which is a demonstration project of power battery recycling in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei this year and a recycling plan that everyone expects. After all, as far as the current environment is concerned, it is really rare for enterprises to build a complete battery disassembly and recycling technology system.
But even so, it can only show that on the first day of "entering the business", everyone has thought about "where to go", which does not mean that the first round will be strong. Because there are too many risks and unknowns behind the power battery recycling business, there are certainly benefits.
Humanity corroded by interests
I want to ask you a question. Has anyone ever wondered why the battery recycling business is so hot this year, and the "Sao operation" of new energy car companies and battery manufacturers has come and gone, wave after wave?
Have you noticed that in recent years, it seems that everyone's attention has been focused on sales volume, and they are more concerned about the "monthly sales volume" and who is the "champion of the year". Few people care about the future direction of power batteries. But you know what? According to the data of China Automotive Technology and Research Center, it is estimated that the decommissioning of power batteries in China will exceed 200,000 tons this year. What is this concept?
Let's just say that at present, there are almost less than 10000 domestic power battery recycling enterprises, and it is not easy to digest 200,000 tons of batteries in a short time. What's more, according to the current battery scrap rate of about 70%, nearly 60,000 tons of "toxic waste" will be produced this year, which is urgent.
When talking about this, some friends "suddenly realized". "No wonder, these new energy car companies suddenly" get together "to plan, even if it is" killing the people "! No, to put it mildly, it's "wiping your own ass", but to put it bluntly, capitalism is at work.
Because, you must have never heard that the market size of "garbage" is 654.38+00 billion yuan. Even if you know that this number may continue to rise to 30 billion yuan in the next two years, maybe you will be interested in "garbage". This is human nature.
We don't like to see cars alarmist, we can speak with data.
In 20 18, the total amount of scrapped and scrapped power batteries in China reached 74,000 tons, while the recovery amount of power batteries was only 5,472 tons, accounting for only 7.4% of the total amount of scrapped power batteries. Is it the problem of battery recycling technology that causes the recovery rate of power battery to fail to meet expectations? In fact, there is another possibility that most retired batteries have not flowed into regular battery recycling enterprises.
You always hear the slogan "recycle household appliances". The principle is basically the same. To put it bluntly, it is these "black workshops" that disassemble the recycled old batteries and extract some more valuable things, such as cobalt and lithium, for secondary sales, even though the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology prohibits dismantling the collected used power batteries without authorization.
As we all know, battery recycling is not selling waste. What is terrible is that some people accept it as waste just because it is profitable.
So, "please take your garbage away, please leave your virtue behind", please!
This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.