Should the US mandate EV battery recycling?
<i>Should the US mandate EV battery recycling?</i><p>Yes, but I think that is cart before the horse.  The US should first mandate making it super fast, easy and add automation to quickly remove the batteries from a vehicle.  In my opinion I should be able to drive through something like battery drive-through, press a button and the vehicle aligns itself with a robotic hydraulic system that disengages some safety releases on the robot side and my vehicle disengages a secondary set of safety releases. <i>double-opt-in-physical-latch-safety to mitigate hacks</i>  Once both sets are disengaged the battery pack(s) fall away.  A robot puts in recycled &#x2F; reconditioned battery pack, moves away from the vehicle, a screen turns green and I speed away.  I should have the option to purchase upgraded battery packs. <i>whatever replaces lithium, then solid state 3D printed, then nuclear, etc...</i><p>This should get safe, reliable and fast enough it could be done in any of the professional races as part of the pit crew in under 9 seconds.  This should also be reliable and fast when performed on muddy off-road vehicles.<p>The quick-swap drive-through facilities should then handle the recycling.  Then mandate recycling once this is smooth.