China's Electric Vehicle Boom Sparks a Looming Waste Crisis China's electric vehicle (EV) market has been hailed as one of the country's greatest successes in recent years.
Annual sales have surged from 1 million in 2018 to over 16 million, with millions more vehicles hitting the road every year. However, this growth comes with a significant problem: what to do with retired batteries.
The scale of China's EV adoption is staggering. EV batteries typically last around eight years before they need to be replaced.