Tesla Claims 92% Battery Cell Material Recovery in New Recycling Process
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Tesla Claims 92% Battery Cell Material Recovery In New Recycling Process - Electrek:
For years now, Tesla has been working with third-party recyclers to recover materials from their end-of-life battery packs.
But the automaker has also been working on its own unique battery recycling system.
Today, with the release of its 2020 Impact Report, Tesla released more details on its battery recycling effort.
Tesla confirmed that the first phase of its own battery cell recycling facility was deployed late last year:
In the fourth quarter of 2020, Tesla successfully installed the first phase of our cell recycling facility at Gigafactory Nevada for in-house processing of both battery manufacturing scrap and end-of-life batteries. While Tesla has worked for years with third-party battery recyclers to ensure our batteries do not end up in a landfill, we understand the importance of also building recycling capacity in-house to supplement these relationships. Onsite recycling brings us one step closer to closing the loop on materials generation, allowing for raw material transfer straight to our nickel and cobalt suppliers. The facility unlocks the cycle of innovation for battery recycling at scale, allowing Tesla to rapidly improve current designs through operational learnings and to perform process testing of R&D products."
The automaker shared a chart showing that it can recover over 92% of raw battery materials:
[...] The company says that it had 1,300 tons of nickel, 400 tons of copper, and 80 tons of cobalt recycled in 2020.
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