New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers in South Korea have developed a new eco-friendly recycling process that recovers more than 95 percent of…
China restores 76% capacity in used EV batteries with molten salt
The surge in electric vehicles has brought with it a growing pile of retired lithium-ion batteries that are…
JB Straubel’s Bet On EV Battery Recycling Is Paying Off, Bigly
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The US EV battery recycler Redwood Materials launched…
New battery waste-eating bacteria offers self-sufficient recycling
Researchers at Boston College have discovered a unique bacterium that can eat through spent batteries, offering a new,…
CATL unit Brunp achieves over 96% recovery rate for recycled battery materials
Brunp achieves recovery rates of 99.6 percent for nickel, cobalt, and manganese, and 96.5 percent for lithium from…
UK’s first recycled EV battery cells cut carbon emissions by 32%
Altilium and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) have showcased the UK’s first electric vehicle battery cells made from recycled…
Self-breaking EV battery material could make recycling fast, easy
MIT researchers have developed a new “self-assembling” battery material for electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling. Currently, many used…