No plan for dead EV batteries — should 100,000 owners worry?

Sri Lanka's EV fleet grew from about 30,000 in September last year to over 100,000 by June 2026, but a National Audit Office report released this month found there's still no system to track, collect or recycle used batteries once they fail. The CEA's own guideline for handling old lithium-ion batteries hasn't even been gazetted yet. One side: a traction battery lasting 8-10 years is tomorrow's problem, and worrying about disposal years out is pointless when charging access and affordability are today's real headaches. The other side: once these batteries start failing in bulk with no licensed collection points and no recycler lined up, they'll get burned, dumped or stripped by informal scrap buyers, exactly like old lead-acid batteries and e-bike cells already are. If you're driving a Leaf, a Racco or any EV here, has the dealer, importer or government ever told you what actually happens to your battery when it dies? Or is that someone else's problem for 2032? ළංකාවේ EV බැටරි අවසන් වූ පසු මොකද වෙන්නේ කියලා කවුරුත් කියලා දීලා තියෙනවද?