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MPaulHolmes · 12-22-2014, 11:04 PM

For lead acid, it works out to around 3 kg of CO2 for an EV battery pack if using recycled batteries and Hydro power. That's just from the energy to manufacture the raw materials for the batteries.

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MPaulHolmes PaulH Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Maricopa, AZ (sort of. Actually outside of town) Posts: 3,832 Michael's Electric Beetle - '71 Volkswagen Superbeetle 500000 Thanks: 1,362 Thanked 1,202 Times in 765 Posts	For lead acid, it works out to around 3 kg of CO2 for an EV battery pack if using recycled batteries and Hydro power. That's just from the energy to manufacture the raw materials for the batteries. __________________ kits and boards