Göteborg | 19 september 2024

The market of electric vehicles is growing and with that comes EV batteries that needs to be taken care of when a vehicle meets the end of life. Looking at the market trends, there are many interesting business opportunities and challenges within EV battery recycling and repurposing. The EU battery regulation has and will also come with demands for companies working with this sector. However, the standards and regulation regarding qualifying battery modules for a 2nd life is not available yet (as today per April 2024) and there are many questions on how to handle the uncertainties.
With this presentation, we discuss the trends and business opportunities within the EV battery life cycle with the focus of recycling and repurposing in Europe. The relevant parts of the EU battery regulation regarding repurposing of EV battery modules will also be discussed, highlighting the missing parts and how to go forward with the current uncertainties. We also address the challenges and solutions within the process of safe handling EV batteries from dismantling of battery pack to, qualification for repurposing, and discharging for recycling of battery modules. At the end, we present an industrial use case where we describe how these challenges where solved on a recycling plant.