Can federal cash rein in EV range, cost, recycling concerns?
The whole EV landscape is getting an adoption boost courtesy of government incentives out the wazoo. But is it enough?
DOE puts $74M toward 10 EV battery recycling projects
The federal government, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has announced nearly $74 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for 10 projects to advance technologies and processes for electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling and reuse. This administration says that since Biden took office, more than 1.2 million EVs have been sold in
How recycling batteries can become more sustainable, profitable
The world is charging down the road toward electric vehicles. Some say EVs will represent two-thirds of global vehicle sales by 2040. However, recycling the lithium-ion batteries that power EVs continues to be a sustainability headache. While the recycling market is growing alongside the consumer demand for environmentally-friendly alternatives, no federal or state policy exists
Toyota working on closed-loop EV battery ecosystem
Toyota Motor North America has embarked on a mission to create a sustainable, closed-loop battery ecosystem for its electrified powertrains. The company says this mission focuses not only on the collection, testing and recycling of batteries into raw materials to create a sustainable supply chain, but also aims to develop second-life opportunities for remanufactured and
Second-life Audi e-tron batteries to power electrified rickshaws in India
The German-Indian start-up Nunam is bringing three electric rickshaws to the roads of India, powered by used batteries taken from test vehicles in the Audi e-tron test fleet. The aim of the project is to explore how modules made with high-voltage batteries can be reused after their car life cycle and become a viable second-life use case,
Farasis develops new recycling process for li-ion batteries
Farasis Energy says it has developed a “Direct Recycling” process for used lithium-ion batteries which enables direct recovery and reuse of valuable materials – notably the cathode powder – from these batteries and from cell manufacturing scrap. In particular, the process directly recovers the active cathode material powder to retains the high value of the
Why OEMs are investing in lithium-ion battery recycling
The profitability of recycling is dependent on EV battery trends and whether OEMs will play a role in facilitating circularity in the supply chain.
Rare earths: An EV sourcing problem
China accounts for the vast majority of rare-earth materials production, a necessary component in some EV motors.
Companies combine to create new lithium-ion battery recycler
Moving forward, Heritage Battery Recycling will operate under the Retriev Technologies brand.
Plasma processing producing new cathode material from recycled batteries
Heritage and 6K say they plan to be making cathode from recycled content as early as Q1 2022.
An inconvenient truth: EV lifecycles & the waste they produce
Manufacturers consider an EV battery’s end of life when it can no longer hold more than 80 percent of its charge.
EV battery remanufacturing sounds like an opportunity to me
More EVs means more batteries, and managing the battery over its lifetime is a critical hurdle the industry must get over.
