Lead-acid batteries play a dominant role in the electric bike battery market because of their low price and high recycling price, which can be exchanged for new ones.

Lead battery recycling plant

Why the people recycle the old lead-acid battery “at high price”?

The first reason, the most valuable of used lead-acid batteries are the lead, nickel, aluminum and other rare metals that can be recycled. The waste plastic casings from lead-acid batteries can also be recycled. The lead, nickel, aluminum and recycled plastics which are refined from the lead acid batteries can be made into new lead acid batteries that can be put on the market for further use.

The second reason,the most of the electric bikes we use are 48V, 60V and 72V. For these 4~6 batteries, it is generally unlikely that every battery will fail. Electric bike repair master will store these old batteries (which still could be used) together after sufficient charging. When some customers appear the problem of shorter endurance mileage, as long as the customer agreed to repair the battery,then it can continue to be used, and the repairman will offer the old change old service for customer.In this way, the used batteries can be recycled, reducing pollution, saving money for customers and creating profits for repairmen.

The third reason,Since the recycling process of metal lead in lead-acid batteries is not complicated, It’s very easy to dismantle, after the disassembly it can be very easily recycled. Many small workshops separate the batteries, recycle the metal lead, and then sell the recycled metal lead to the battery manufactures to get profit from the price difference, sellers of electric car will also profit from it .Due to the high proportion of lead in lead-acid batteries, a group of lead-acid batteries can recycle a large amount of metal lead, generally speaking, 5kilos can recycle 4 kilos of lead ,so there is a huge profit in dismantling and recycling metal lead.

In addition,Most people who use lead-acid battery electric bikes are wage earners , their income is limited, lead-acid battery safety has a good reputation. Lead-acid batteries do not explode even if they are packed and several batteries stick together due to high temperature. Safe replacement and low price are the main reason for the popularity of lead-acid batteries. High market share and complete recycling industry chain are the main reasons for the popularity of used lead-acid battery recycling.