Here (Italy, but I believe that several EU countries are in this same situation) they won't touch an electric vehicle with a ten foot pole.
They are not authorized to handle or store lithium batteries (that are considered dangerous wastes) and don't have the (safety) qualifications nor tools to handle mid-range voltages.
There are in the making some new EU norms (and investments) related to "circular economy" for the EV batteries:
but right now they are e-waste, the so-called RAEE/WEEE, and while there is a code 160005 (that is for batteries coming from phones, notebooks, etc.) EV batteries are likely to fall in the 160215 code (which is dangerous parts removed from assemblies).
We are talking (if you can find anyone that will dismantle them) of roughly 4/5 Euro/kg for the disposal fees.
Here (Italy, but I believe that several EU countries are in this same situation) they won't touch an electric vehicle with a ten foot pole.
They are not authorized to handle or store lithium batteries (that are considered dangerous wastes) and don't have the (safety) qualifications nor tools to handle mid-range voltages.
There are in the making some new EU norms (and investments) related to "circular economy" for the EV batteries:
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_21_...
but right now they are e-waste, the so-called RAEE/WEEE, and while there is a code 160005 (that is for batteries coming from phones, notebooks, etc.) EV batteries are likely to fall in the 160215 code (which is dangerous parts removed from assemblies).
We are talking (if you can find anyone that will dismantle them) of roughly 4/5 Euro/kg for the disposal fees.