End of Electric Vehicle Batteries: Reuse vs. Recycle
Creators
- 1. Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, CARISSMA Institute of Electric, Connected and Secure Mobility (C-ECOS), Esplanade 10, D-85049 Ingolstadt, Germany
- 2. Eurecat-Centre Tecnologic de Catalunya, Unit of Waste, Energy and Environmental Impact, Av. Universtat Autonoma, 23, 08290 Cerdanyola Del Valles, Spain
- 3. Department of Engineering Projects and Construction, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), CnJordi Girona 31, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
- 4. Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
Description
Abstract: It is a fact that electric vehicles (EVs) are beneficial for climate protection. However, the
current challenge is to decide on whether to reuse an EV battery or to recycle it after its first use. This
paper theoretically investigates these areas i.e., recycle and reuse. It was found that there are several
commercially used recycling processes and also some are under research to regain maximum possible
materials and quantity. The concept of reusing (second life) of the battery is promising because, at
the end of the first life, batteries from EVs can be used in several applications such as storing energy
generated from renewable sources to support the government grid. However, the cost and life-cycle
analysis (LCA) demonstrated that there are several aspects involved in battery reuse applications.
Henceforth, one LCA generalised method cannot provide an optimal approach for all cases. It is
important to have a detailed study on each of the battery reusing applications. Until then, it is safe to
say that reusing the battery is a good option as it would give some time to recycling companies to
develop cost and energy-efficient methods.
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