Retired Waymo EV batteries will get a second life as grid storage

Like any other battery, electric vehicle batteries last only so long. Constant charging and even the weather can degrade the cells, which can lessen an EV’s range.  For Waymo—which operates autonomous EVs that drive for hours at a time, providing a total of more than 500,000 paid trips a week—that means that “sometimes, our vehicles outlast our batteries,” says Adam Lenz, the company’s head of sustainability and environment. But even if that battery isn’t fit to power a car anymore,...