China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to deal with their aging batteries.
China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to deal with their aging batteries.  
Podcast: MIT Technology Review Narrated
Published On: Wed Feb 04 2026
Description: As early electric cars age out, hundreds of thousands of used batteries are flooding the market, fueling a gray recycling economy even as Beijing and big manufacturers scramble to build a more orderly system. This story was written by Caiwei Chen and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com