Battery Recycling

In a new multi-stage pilot project, Porsche is currently investigating the recovery of raw materials from used high-voltage batteries.

Automotive supplier Webasto has entered into a partnership with recycling company “cylib” to recover raw materials from used batteries and production waste from Webastoʼs European sites.

London-listed commodity giant Glencore plans to acquire Canadian battery recycling company Li-Cycle to strengthen its position in the growing market of sustainable battery disposal.

Munich-based company “tozero” claims it has successfully tested industrially recycled graphite in a battery cell for the first time in Europe.

Toyota Chemical Engineering is currently working on an alternative process for recycling high-voltage (HV) batteries that does not require the conventional incineration process.

British company Altilium, which previously focused on nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) batteries, has started recycling lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in the United Kingdom.

Li-Cycle from Canada has announced a recycling partnership with a “premium automotive manufacturer” in the EU which will ensure the supply of materials to Li-Cycleʼs plant in Germany.

The US-based company Ace Green Recycling and local electric mobility provider Spiro have announced a collaboration to promote battery recycling in Africa.

BMW Group has entered into a European recycling partnership with “SK tes” in order to recover raw materials such as nickel, cobalt, and lithium from used batteries.