EV Battery Recycling — Jumping In

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2022 03:30:58 +0000

Lithium-ion batteries are essential for decarbonizing transportation through electric vehicles and building a resilient, renewable energy grid through energy storage batteries. The grid energy storage industry represents a much smaller fraction of the lithium-ion battery market than electric vehicles, but it too has a responsibility to ensure batteries are responsibly and sustainably produced and then […]

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Are There Enough Materials To Manufacture All The Electric Vehicles Needed?

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 04:50:55 +0000

The short answer is yes. But this is a complicated question, so let’s dig in further. The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is necessary to decrease climate-changing emissions. As deployment increases, so will the demand for EV battery materials such as lithium, cobalt, and nickel. These materials are primarily supplied through two sources: 1) newly mined […]

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Battery Recycling — Home Grown

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 17:50:21 +0000

A big issue amongst those of us with environmental concerns is: What happens to the batteries? It is a fair question and one that deserves to be taken seriously and answered properly. Even RedEarth, which supplies stationary home batteries, finds this the most common customer concern. We can point to large firms like Redwood Materials […]

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Second-Life Battery Systems Will Undergo Tests In Ohio & Hamburg

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:12:35 +0000

Volkswagen second use batteryExperiments in Ohio and Hamburg are designed to determine whether repurposing EV batteries for energy storage is technically and commercially viable.

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Oak Ridge National Lab Is Deep Into Second-Use Battery Control System Development

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 00:37:56 +0000

Oak Ridge second use battery researchThe question of what to do with EV batteries that are no longer able to meet the needs of a vehicle drive system will get larger in coming years. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is working on the answer today.

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