Mercedes-Benz has opened its own EV battery recycling plant in Kuppenheim, Germany, which uses an integrated mechanical-hydrometallurgical process to recover raw materials. The plant has an annual capacity of 2,500 metric tons and an expected recovery rate of more than 96%. The plant carries out all steps, from shredding battery modules to drying and processing… Read more »
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Altilium to produce EV battery cells using recovered materials
UK-based battery materials recycling company Altilium has announced a project to produce EV battery cells using cathode active materials recovered from end-of-life EV batteries and validate them for use in vehicles for UK-based luxury car manufacturer JLR. The project is supported by the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK under the latest round of its Advanced Route… Read more »
H2020 SOLiDIFY consortium produces prototype solid-state lithium battery
The H2020 SOLiDIFY consortium, coordinated by Belgian research organization Imec, has developed a lithium-metal solid-state battery with high energy density. The prototype battery pouch cell, manufactured by Imec in the assembly lab at EnergyVille, Belgium, has a “liquid-to-solid” processed solid electrolyte, which was jointly developed by Imec and its 13 consortium partners. The cell has… Read more »
Leclanché’s new Li-ion battery cell features Echion’s niobium-based anode material
Swiss energy storage provider Leclanché has developed a new Li-ion battery cell called XN50, which features Echion Technologies’ XNO, a niobium-based active anode material. “The cell provides integrators and OEMs with a differentiated battery option that outperforms existing chemistries in heavy-duty e-mobility, rail and marine applications,” says the company. Leclanché is set to replace its… Read more »
Microvast unveils LFP-based ME6 energy storage solution
Texas-headquartered battery technology company Microvast has introduced its ME6 energy storage system (ESS) and the 565 Ah lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery, designed to meet the demands of ESS customers for long-term performance, cost-efficiency and reliability. The company is shifting its ESS market focus on production of its LFP battery systems—which it is moving from… Read more »
Cyclic Materials and SYNETIQ partner to recycle rare earth elements from vehicle motors
Canada-headquartered metals recycler Cyclic Materials has signed a collaboration agreement with SYNETIQ, a UK-headquartered vehicle salvage and recycling company, for the recycling of end-of-life electric motors containing rare earth elements. The motors to be supplied by SYNETIQ include hybrid and EV drive motors, as well as auxiliary motors found in all vehicles. To help meet… Read more »
Forge Battery begins shipments of 300 Wh/kg lithium-ion battery cells
Lithium-ion battery producer Forge Battery, a subsidiary of materials science company Forge Nano, headquartered in Colorado, has begun shipping its first commercial product, Gen. 1.1 Supercell 21700 cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells, to existing and potential customers. The prototype product is made from 90% US-supplied battery materials. It has received UN 38.3 and UL 1642 certifications… Read more »
Farasis Energy reaches million-mile battery testing milestone
China’s Farasis Energy has tested its EV battery cells through cycles representing travel over a cumulative million miles. This requires cycling the cell over 5,000 times, a process that takes 24-36 months of accelerated testing. Farasis Energy has tested its nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) cells, the P75 and P73, to evaluate their aging characteristics. The results indicate… Read more »
KoBold Metals wants to use AI to find battery metals
The miner’s traditional tools, a hammer and pick, don’t resemble a notebook computer in the slightest, but Kurt House and Josh Goldman, the founders of KoBold Metals, a company focused on finding new sources of metals for use in electronic systems, consider the latter an indispensable mining tool. The Berkeley, California-based company plans to modernize… Read more »
Ampere plans low-cost LFP and cell-to-pack battery strategy for Renault
French EV and software company Ampere has announced its plan to integrate FP lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery technology with Renault’s nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) technology. Ampere is collaborating with LG Energy Solution and CATL, which will provide LFP batteries for several models of Renault and Alpine brands and cover the company’s LFP battery needs until 2030. Ampere expects… Read more »