Hybrids Vs PHEVs vs All Electric, page-1331

Nah - see if your insurance compnay will insure you with a rebuilt battery.

However, the scrap value of lithium-ion batteries is perhaps only $100/ton, compared to $1,000 to 3,000/ton for lead. By contrast, the cost of collecting, sorting and shipping lithium-ion batteries to a recycler far exceeds the scrap value.

This is what usually happens to a Lithium recycling plant.

According to the Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR), lithium-ion batteries cause at least three fires in recycling streams every day, but the real number of blazes is suspected to be much higher.

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900 tonnes of lithium batteries on fire in French recycling plant north of Toulouse

Le Monde reported that up to 70 firefighters were battling to get the fire under control. The prefecture of the city of Viviez said in a statement overnight that while the fire was under control on Sunday. Iit was burning slowly and was expected to last for several hours.
A security note for the recycling plant said warned that cadmium was likely to be emitted through fumes in the case a major fire. However considering the behaviour of the fire and the fumes, there should not be any immediate health risk to the residents.

This is the second major lithium-ion battery fire in France in a little over a year.

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Rescue workers were combing through the charred ruins of a factory building near South Korea’s capital to find any more fire victims Tuesday, a day after a devastating blaze likely triggered by exploding lithium batteries killed 22 people, mostly Chinese migrant workers.
More than 100 people were working at the factory in Hwaseong city, just south of Seoul, when the fire tore through it Monday morning. Security cameras showed smoke engulfing the second-floor worksite of the factory, soon after sparks were detected from a site where lithium batteries were stored, fire officials said.
One victim was pronounced dead at a hospital, and fire workers retrieved 21 bodies from the factory one by one later Monday.


Nuclear power looks to be safer..

These plants have to be banned from being anywhere near resi or even industrial areas.