ANALYSIS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF RE-USE VAUE CHAINS

This report presents a preliminary analysis of the three re-use valuechains
(battery, metals and techno-polymers) of CarE-Service Project in
order to derive specific process requirements to be furtherly
implemented and demonstrated.
The main objective is to propose an optimal management of End of
Life (EoL) Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (E&HEV), requiring proper
technologies and ad hoc processes. The aim is the reduction of wasted
materials in landfills or incinerators and the recovery of components with
residual properties as re-used products or chemical compounds as
secondary raw materials. In particular, the automotive target parts are:
 batteries, representing the main innovation in E&HEVs;
 techno-polymers, whose amount is increased to reduce the whole
weight of E&HEVs; and
 metals.
To properly derive robust requirements addressing real needs for
future sustainability, a great effort has been spent involving all relevant
actors for the development of innovative technical solutions for future
services at all supply chain levels. Therefore, State of Art analysis and indepth
interviews have been carried out with the key-players of the future
de-manufacturing value-chains. Once collected all the information,
several potential scenarios have been analysed and detailed schemes of
the three main value-chains have been defined.
Finally, an in-sight view of the current re-design practices and
European laws and directives addressing the EoL of automotive products
is drawn to identify the limits concretely bounding the market exploitation
of CarE-Service results.