Educate the workers to perform other jobs or roles. Part of societal progress. Eliminate certain things so we can accomplish more.
even Nissan's crappy leaf, when it came out in 2011was touted to be ~100% recyclable as well as being made from 25% recycled material. i wonder how much CRV $$ there is in models X&S .
An older article, but goes with this topic, "Toyota Motor is using Panasonic batteries designed for Tesla electric cars in its own plug-in hybrids for the Chinese market...The batteries have been installed in the new Corolla and Levin sedans that the Japanese automaker rolled out in China this year. Toyota is believed to have ordered around 50,000 of the batteries, which are the same cylindrical type used by Tesla." Toyota taps same batteries as Tesla for China plug-in hybrids - Nikkei Asian Review