We're all buying EVs, but there's no plan for the dead batteries — audit warns

The National Audit Office just flagged something nobody's really talking about: Sri Lanka now has over 100,000 registered EVs on the road, but no centralized system tracking batteries from import to disposal, and no local recycling facility actually running. The report warns the environmental upside of going electric could be wiped out if dead battery packs just pile up with nowhere proper to go. One side says this proves the EV push moved too fast — import permits and incentives arrived years before anyone built the backend for end-of-life, and owners could end up stuck holding a dead pack with no legal place to take it. The other side says every country sorts out recycling after adoption hits critical mass, and holding back EV imports until a perfect system exists would just keep us burning more petrol and diesel while we wait. If you're already driving an EV or hybrid, have you actually thought about what happens to your battery in 8-10 years, or looked into where you'd take it? Does this change how you'd buy, or is it someone else's problem to solve later? අපි EV ගන්නේ කෙළින්ම, ඒත් බැටරිය අවසන් වුණාම මොකද කරන්නේ කියලා කවුරුත් හිතුවද?