EV batteries are toxic and weigh 900 pounds. Where do they get dumped?
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New cars from Rivian, Volvo, and Lucid are turning heads, and economic watchers expect electric vehicles (EVs) to make up 40% of all cars sold in California by 2025. But with no EV battery recycling plants in California, what happens when millions of electric car batteries run out of juice?