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