Between fire risk, lack of environmental logic and sheer expense in multiple areas I can't wait for battery powered transportation to enter the trough of disillusionment and for realists to put some checks and balances in place.<p>'EV battery problems also expose a hole in the green "circular economy" touted by carmakers.<p>At Synetiq, the UK's largest salvage company, head of operations Michael Hill said over the last 12 months the number of EVs in the isolation bay – where they must be checked to avoid fire risk - at the firm's Doncaster yard has soared, from perhaps a dozen every three days to up to 20 per day.<p>"We've seen a really big shift and it's across all manufacturers," Hill said.<p>The UK currently has no EV battery recycling facilities, so Synetiq has to remove the batteries from written-off cars and store them in containers. Hill estimated at least 95% of the cells in the hundreds of EV battery packs - and thousands of hybrid battery packs - Synetiq has stored at Doncaster are undamaged and should be reused.'<p>Thisis madness!