How can anybody possibly call this car “green” when they e eventually going to have 900 pounds of highly toxic batteries to dispose of?
Unlike most other chemistries, lithium-ion cells aren’t considered toxic by the EPA. By way of comparison, used motor oil is considered toxic. As far as the EPA is concerned, you could dump your old battery into a landfill, it’s not a problem. However, it wouldn’t make economic sense to do that, because they can be recycled and valuable materials can be recovered from them. Before any cars have been delivered to customers Tesla have already made arrangements for recycling their worn-out batteries.
