Jesse Haapala's Open Disclosure About Repairing Electric Cars: "It Makes No Sense" - Now the Authority Explains
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The new guidelines are based on, among other things, the EU Battery Regulation.
New official guidelines threaten to kill the electric car battery repair business in Finland.
Fully functioning electric car batteries are stamped as waste. Electric car expert Jesse Harpaala is standing alarm about the authority's tough demands. Now the authority explains the background to the rules.— This week alone we have had cars worth around SEK 300,000 where the brand workshop's cost proposal was close to SEK 900,000 for a new battery. The cars may not be repaired with used parts, which [...] The post Must scrap beg batteries — el…
Concerns have been raised online about the guidelines published by the Licensing and Supervision Agency in July on the handling and waste certification of used batteries – and for good reason. According to the guidelines, a battery from a used or crashed car is considered waste, meaning that a repair shop that uses such batteries to repair a car is interpreted as a manufacturer for reuse, subject to extensive producer responsibility. In practice…
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