Researchers, businesses finding ways to repurpose and recycle electric car batteries

Getting from here to there is becoming increasingly more sustainable, in part, by electric cars. “All the cars are getting electrified,” Don Hillebrand, with the Advanced Powertrain Research Facility ... Read More

Study suggests electric cars may cost more to recycle than make

Recent research suggests that the cost of recycling electric vehicles (EVs) could potentially exceed the cost of manufacturing them. This finding could play a significant role in evaluating the true ... Read More

Recycling lithium from old electric vehicle batteries could be done cheaply with new electrochemical process

Researchers at UW–Madison have come up with a proof of concept for using electrochemistry to extract lithium from spent lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries, which have been widely adopted by major ... Read More

Big Problem of Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries

The automotive world is changing rapidly. According to forecasts, by 2030, 23 million people in the world will become happy owners of electric cars. General Motors has announced plans to stop selling ... Read More

GM inks deal to recycle EV batteries to power AI

GM started working with Redwood Materials last year to recycle production scrap from two Ultium Cells battery plants, in Warren, Ohio and Spring Hill, Tennessee. Used batteries from General Motors ... Read More

Electric car battery repairs and health checks: how to keep thousands of EVs on the road

The truth about EV battery repair and why understanding state of health could revolutionise the electric-car market ... Read More