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Environment
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Riches or rubbish: firms prepare for EV battery surge

Motor Traders Association trainer Anthony Bonnano works on the battery of an electric car. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Less than five years from now, one million metric tons of electric car batteries will need new jobs. 

Some will be good enough to power new vehicles, others will be reused in power storage and some will be too damaged to function as batteries again.

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