German automaker Porsche has launched a pilot challenge that goals to get better helpful uncooked supplies from high-voltage batteries after their use in automobiles and to check a possible closed-loop uncooked materials cycle.
For the long run, the automaker plans to ascertain a recycling community for high-voltage batteries in collaboration with exterior companions.
The pilot challenge is split into three phases to check the method for large-scale purposes.
Within the first section, high-voltage batteries from growth automobiles are mechanically shredded on the finish of their use and processed into black mass. The ensuing granulate combination comprises uncooked supplies akin to nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium. The challenge has to date produced round 65 tons of black mass.
The black mass will likely be additional refined and separated into the high-quality uncooked supplies Porsche requires for high-voltage battery manufacturing.
Within the third section, Porsche goals to supply high-voltage battery cells with an outlined proportion of recycled supplies and take a look at their potential use in its automobiles.
“We try to extend our independence from risky and geopolitically unstable uncooked materials markets,” stated Barbara Frenkel, Government Board Member for Procurement at Porsche.
Supply: Porsche
