Disposable vapes are indefensible. Many, or maybe most, of them contain rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, but manufacturers prefer to sell new ones.

To make a point about how wasteful this practice is—and to also make a pretty rad project and video—Chris Doel took 130 disposable vape batteries (the bigger “3,500 puff” types with model 20400 cells) found littered at a music festival and converted them into a 48-volt, 1,500-watt e-bike battery, one that powered an e-bike with almost no pedaling more than 20 miles. You can see the whole build and watch Doel zoom along trails on his YouTube video.

  • danA
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    16 days ago

    deleted by creator

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      15 days ago

      Banning them from ordering stock without any warning is the exact opposite of giving them a short period to make arrangements.