[RahulNagaraj]

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has accused Tesla of violating environmental rules and regulations. According to media reports, EPA stated that the car maker failed to prove that it complies with the federal emission standard for hazardous air pollutants.



However, being an electric vehicle these have nothing to do with exhaust emissions. The EPA is seeking details specifically about the way Tesla handles 'surface coatings' on its vehicles.



There have been earlier reports of problems in the paint shop of Tesla's factory in Fremont, California. This includes instances of re-touching being done at a 'paint hospital' at the same facility, back in 2019.



In Germany, the company is said to have been fined 12 million euros for allegedly failing to take back old batteries from customers. According to the country's law, EV manufacturers are required to take back the batteries and dispose them in an environmentally sustainable manner.

Tesla has, however, refuted all allegations and is said to have responded to all information requests as well.

Source: CNBC

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[G V Krishna]

Though I'm not a Tesla fanboy, in the case of US I strongly smell lobbying by IC Engine car Manufacturers playing spoilsport.

The case in Germany might be legitimate as recycling of used EV batteries is a long lingering question that should be answered soon by Tesla. As far as i know, removing or reinstalling batteries in Tesla cars is not an easy job & I doubt Tesla will seldom invest time & money on removing batteries from cars for recycling.

Anyway let us see how Tesla Motors deals with this issue. Hope people against EVs who profoundly highlight the ethical sourcing & disposal of Lithium would get an answer soon.

[frewper]

Originally Posted by G V Krishna

As far as i know, removing or reinstalling batteries in Tesla cars is not an easy job & I doubt Tesla will seldom invest time & money on removing batteries from cars for recycling.

So true. Tesla former CTO, who was there since the beginning of Tesla, quit to start another company only to focus on the recycling of litium ion batteries. He has quite a few proof of concepts though at this point he is figuring out how to scale the operations.

Hope he is succussful in doing that and the EV ecosystem is complete.