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Absolutely. It's all about the $/kWh stored. A "worn out" electric car battery might have only 70% of its cycle depth/capacity remaining compared to when it was new, but if the battery packs can be acquired for very cheap, that doesn't matter so much.

There is a guy with videos on youtube who has purchased battery packs from crashed Tesla Model S and retrofitted an old volkswagon bus for 100+ mile EV range.

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I would like to know more! Is this the incident in question?

http://insideevs.com/diy-project-salvaged-tesla-model-s-to-u...

"Joe’s “donor” Model S will be brought back to life by Otmar in the form of a stretched Volkswagen Vanagon called Strechla.

The Vanagon will exist only on the outside. On the inside, underside and everywhere in between, you’ll find Model S."

edit: added more words

it's this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/user/jehugarcia/videos

scroll down a bit into the older videos and you will see the VW.

Yes. He also had some packs made from salvaged battery cells.

And a battery trailer, inspected by the DMV.