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Old electric-vehicle batteries can find new purpose — on the grid
![This photo taken on March 12, 2021 shows a worker with car batteries at a factory for Xinwangda Electric Vehicle Battery Co. Ltd, which makes lithium batteries for electric cars and other uses, in Nanjing in China's eastern Jiangsu province.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/media.nature.com/w767/magazine-assets/d41586-024-01287-y/d41586-024-01287-y_27063608.jpg)
Electric-vehicle batteries can still be useful, even after retirement. Credit: STR/AFP/Getty
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Nature 629, 507 (2024)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01287-y
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Cui, X. et al. Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 5, 101941 (2024).