[yokaze]

A car needs a battery pack, which consist of modules, which in turns consists of cells.

That one has five modules per pack: https://www.batterydesign.net/2021-mercedes-eqa-250/

That one has twelve modules per pack: https://www.batterydesign.net/mercedes-eqs/

So, we talk about maybe an order of magnitude lower battery packs (5k-10k).

They sold like 46k electric cars in Q2 of 2024.

I think, the point of saying it is a modest start is more judged against the total number of cars sold in total (in Q2: 496,700).

[Arnt]

Yes, well, but on that basis it can hardly be more than modest, considering how few old batteries are available to be recycled. Which drains the meaning from the word.