While the 5% number may be presently accurate, it is mainly for tiny Lithium batteries. Those from vehicles are of very large + high value, and will likely end up well above 95% recycling rate whenever it is time for them to be scrapped.
This also ignores the large number of those batteries that will be re-used in grid storage after being removed from a car, and eventually recycled.
This also ignores the large number of those batteries that will be re-used in grid storage after being removed from a car, and eventually recycled.