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This Southern California solar farm is using retired EV batteries for storing the power and then send to the grid when needed. This way the retired batteries can extend their usefulness for several...(grist.org)

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This Southern California solar farm is using retired EV batteries for storing the power and then send to the grid when needed. This way the retired batteries can extend their usefulness for several…::A Southern California company is showing how repurposing EV batteries for stationary storage can extend their usefulness for several years.

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I think your right, its not going to keep cooking the battery. The problem is the battery doesn’t need to go over 85%. Your supposed to not let it go under 20 or over 85. Kind of hard to do.

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