1. Are Tesla Electric Cars Environmental Green?
Production, Hazardous Waste and Mechanical Design of a Tesla Electric Car: Mini Hazardous Waste Report Proposal
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Solid Hazardous Waste Prevention and Air Control Engineering (MANE-6960) Spring 2014
Sean Paquette

2. Introduction
Report Proposal – The production, hazardous waste and mechanical design of electric vehicles in the U.S. will be examined
Tesla Motors – Case Study
Tesla Motors in a publically traded American automobile manufacturing company
Founded 2003
Tesla Roadster – First electric vehicle produced
Tesla rechargeable battery packs are manufactured in Japan under strict environmental laws
Tesla batteries are “mostly made from lithium metal oxides with zero lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBBs or PBDEs
Tesla says that, by law its battery cells could be landfilled, though that is not what they actually do

3. Tesla Roadster

4. Tesla’s Rechargeable Battery Pack