May 11, 2022

Where do electric car batteries go when they die?

16 minutes

It’s Wednesday again, and we’re answering your questions about the labor market — like why we don’t aim for 100% employment. We’ll also give some extra context around the idea of a “skills gap” in our economy. And Kai Ryssdal and Kimberly Adams dig into a bunch of questions from one listener related to the logistics of owning an electric vehicle.

Here’s everything we talked about on the show today:

“How the U.S. Health Insurance System Excludes Abortion” from the Center for American Progress

The Guttmacher Institute’s tracker on state regulation of insurance coverage for abortion

“Funds that help low-income people pay for abortions are seeing a sharp uptick in donations” from Marketplace

“There’s a lot of money on both sides of the abortion debate. How much does it matter?” from Marketplace

Consumer Reports’ research on electric vehicle maintenance costs

“Cars Are Going Electric. What Happens to the Used Batteries?” from Wired

University of California, Davis, researchers’ look at transportation costs for recycling old EV batteries

“Hamsterkauf! Coronazeit! There’s a German Word for Your Pandemic Experience.” from Slate

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