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.

  • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    17 days ago

    Go to a nightclub sometime. Discounted vapes in the outside areas are a tripping Hazard.

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      17 days ago

      Discarded vapes? The only immediate trip hazard of tripping on discounted vapes would be the mob of people trying to buy them.

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      17 days ago

      Ain’t no night clubs within 100 miles of me. Plenty of bars, but no night clubs.