A lot of parts are recycled. I know the Owner of the largest Tesla Recycler in the US. (Calimotive in Sacramento)
We build vans using salvage Tesla parts. I posit they are more reliable than new, especially given Tesla's relatively poor quality control. Most failures in electronics follow a "bathtub" curve, a lot of "infant mortality" at first, then a long gap, then with age, environmental factors and thermal stress they start to die of old age. Interesting fact: CARB delayed our EO (Executive Order) needed to sell vans in CA by over a year because they didn't like us repurposing used parts, even though it's a NET POSITIVE to the environment. Even though their purview is only "Air" they fought us tooth and nail even though we were taking Gas and Diesel vans off the road and converting them to Electric using parts that have already paid their environmental hit. Crazy! We also deal with many government agencies that will not accept used parts, so we have to buy new parts are greater cost and less reliability for those customers. Our goal was to produce the lowest cost of operation electric van, also with the lowest environmental footprint. I think we are succeeding! If you want to build a modern EV conversion, one of the best ways to go is purchase salvage Tesla parts for pennies on the dollar. You can't get better engineering for the money! (And most conversions now go that exact way for that reason!) On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM Bryce Nesbitt via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > A lot of batteries are ending up stockpiled in the Nevada desert, waiting > for > some chemistry improvements > https://www.redwoodmaterials.com/recycle-with-us/ > > The electrics, unfortunately, often end up shipped overseas where the > valuable bits are pulled out by > hand, the rest burned or landfilled. > > https://ewastesolutionsusa.com/unregulated-e-waste-processing-dark-side-electronics-disposal/ > https://youtu.be/4GtWGHvX-rk?si=YF6wxMIzUOu3LZr3 > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 11:10 PM Marc de Piolenc via EV > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > When an EV is total loss, are the electronics returned to the factory, > > or simply stored and resold like any other car part? > > > > Marc de Piolenc > > > > -- > > Archivale catalog: http://www.archivale.com > > Mass Flow (ducted fans): http://massflow.archivale.com > > ProZ profile: https://www.proz.com/profile/639380 > > Substack account: https://fmarcdepiolenc.substack.com > > Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ph/piolenc > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to [email protected] > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20260205/f478f7ef/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
