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Did the record support “Tesla Aims for Zero Landfill Batteries and 90% Material Recovery”?

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How the record moved

Reported

Tesla North America stated that Tesla's goal is for no Tesla battery to end up in a landfill and that its U.S. operations recover more than 90% of key battery materials such as nickel and cobalt from recycled cells.

Record

Directly fetched Tesla North America post retains the exact landfill goal, recovery statement, named materials, U.S. scope, and impact-report link.

Effect

The official post establishes Tesla's stated goal and self-reported recovery metric, but the retained artifact does not define the denominator, period, facility coverage, or audit method.

Evidence state

developing

Tesla's 2025 Impact Report tables or another method-documented record defining the material denominator, facilities, audit scope, and period behind the more-than-90-percent recovery statement.

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  1. captured headline

    Tesla Aims for Zero Landfill Batteries and 90% Material Recovery

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  3. subject identity

    subject identity

    The directly fetched Tesla North America post names Tesla's battery goal and U.S. recycling operations; entity publication remains gated pending registry review.

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  4. originating speaker

    Tesla North America's official X account published the landfill goal and U.S. material-recovery statement.

    The canonical status page displays the Tesla-branded account, exact wording, timestamp, and link to Tesla's impact site.

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  5. reporter publication

    Tesla North America published the first-party X post; no individual author byline appears.

    The directly fetched post identifies the publishing account and retains the full statement.

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  6. atomic claim

    Tesla North America stated that Tesla's goal is for no Tesla battery to end up in a landfill and that its U.S. operations recover more than 90% of key battery materials such as nickel and cobalt from recycled cells.

    The claim preserves the post's distinction between a landfill goal and a reported recovery metric and does not broaden the metric beyond U.S. operations or named materials.

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  7. primary source evidence

    Directly fetched Tesla North America post retains the exact landfill goal, recovery statement, named materials, U.S. scope, and impact-report link.

    The canonical status URL and bounded exact statement were content-hashed during this window.

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  8. resolution evidence status

    The official post establishes Tesla's stated goal and self-reported recovery metric, but the retained artifact does not define the denominator, period, facility coverage, or audit method.

    The linked Tesla support page rejected direct fetch and no registered cross-publication report tied the precise metric to independently reviewable methods in this window.

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