There are over 164,000 pure electric vehicles on Britain's roads. RECOVAS aims to provide a standardised and reliable route for recycling and repurposing the lithium-ion batteries in these vehicles.
As part of the project, leading automotive manufacturers have agreed to share more information about the design and construction of their batteries, allowing the consortium to more effectively and efficiently repurpose or recycle them.
Dr Jonathan Wellings – Lifecycle Engineer, UKBIC
As a Lifecycle Engineer for the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC), Jonathan helps to collect and analyse data on the production and impact of the state-of-the-art batteries found in modern EVs and model how this might change in the future.
RECOVAS Case Study: BMW Group
BMW Group is putting sustainability at the centre of its strategic direction: across all divisions – from administration and purchasing to development and production, all the way to sales and marketing.
Influencing the design of products to ensure reuse and recycling
As businesses face up to the challenge of making their operations more sustainable, it is becoming increasingly important for different industries to collaborate.
RECOVAS partnership to create first end-of-life supply chain for electric car batteries
“Our aim is to create a circular supply chain for batteries and, in the process, reduce the cost for end-of-life disposal for the vehicle manufacturer or last owner of the car to zero.”