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by jnw2 4782 days ago
Elon commented, I think in the Foundations 20 video on Youtube, that the raw metals that go into a battery pack cost about $80/kwh.

That means that putting the battery pack from an 85 kwh Model S in a landfill is equivalent to putting a stack of over 300 $20 bills in a landfill.

(He was actually trying to make a point about how cheap battery packs might be to buy new in the future, with more efficient techniques for turning the raw materials into battery packs.)