20 Places Where Gold Can Be Reclaimed from Scrapped Cars
Have you ever seen a stack of squashed, pancaked old cars piled in the corner of an automotive recycling yard, just waiting to be hauled away to a metal scrap yard?
It’s a sad sight. But even sadder is the fact that each of those squashed cars probably contains small quantities of gold that nobody bothered to pull out. And that problem is about to become even bigger because with every passing year, more and more electronics are getting shoehorned into modern cars. Within a few years, cars – especially electric and hybrids – are going to contain bigger and bigger quantities of gold. Remember, every printed circuit board that is found in a car contains small amounts of gold that can be extracted and recycled.
That means that in five or 10 years, every Tesla that is heading to the scrap pile will contain a lot of gold, not to mention the cadmium and lithium that their batteries contain. That explains why Tesla has a plan in place to reclaim and recycle cars that have been totaled in accidents.
So . . . Get Ready to Start Scouring Scrapped Cars for Gold and Other Precious Metals
Modern and future cars will contain larger and larger amounts of gold, which you will be able to extract from components that will include:
Collision avoidance systems
Smart cruise control and automated braking devices
Lane departure warning systems
Advanced engine management systems (on hybrids and gas burning cars)
Rain-sensing windshield wiper controllers
Airbag systems
Smart air conditioning and heating systems
Advanced alarms and security systems
Traction control and stability systems
Antilock braking controllers
Tire pressure monitors
Navigation systems
Trip computers
Entertainment and audio systems
Door lock controllers
Fobs and allied systems that lock and unlock doors, start the car, and perform other functions
Power seats
Power liftgates
Fuel injection systems
Transmission control modules
We predict that in the future, alert precious metal recyclers will be spending more and more time examining every inch of every scrapped car, and even more time extracting the electric components they contain.
Even Small Electronic Devices Contain Gold . . . Call Us Today!
When you extract electronic components from cars, call our precious metal consultants at 800-426-2344. We are here to test your scrap items, reclaim the gold and other precious metals they contain, and issue you payment at full current trading prices.
Got scrap? Give us a call today.