The EU battery passport is designed to improve battery traceability and circularity, but compliance costs, legacy batteries and incomplete technical rules could create significant challenges for dismantlers and second-life operators.
A year of mobile zero-volt battery discharge at BLC’s Magdeburg facility is helping shape the next phase of permanent lithium-ion battery deactivation capacity.
As Europe’s electric vehicle fleet grows, increasing numbers of usable EV batteries are reaching dismantlers. Andy Rietschel of REBATTEX explains how better diagnostics, traceability, logistics and trading systems could unlock their value for reuse, repair, remanufacturing and second-life applications.
Franz Geyer, Head of Technology and Strategy at BMW Group, discusses how battery recycling, direct recycling technology and collaboration can help build a resilient and circular European battery value chain.
Ahead of ICBR 2026, Lukas Brandl discusses BLC’s flexible approach to EV battery repair, reuse and recycling, the uncertainty surrounding end-of-life volumes, and the technologies delegates will see during a tour of its Magdeburg facility.
CATL has joined OEMs and technology partners to launch the Global Energy Circular Economy Alliance. The initiative will develop common standards for battery circular design, diagnostics, state-of-health assessment, disassembly, refurbishment and recycling, with a Battery Circular Design Guide planned for publication in 2027.
Daniel Cheret of Sortbat explains what a decade of handling more than 30,000 end-of-life EV battery packs has taught the company about safety, certified logistics, dismantling procedures, state-of-health diagnostics, second-life routing and the need for practical partnerships across Europe.
Maryland’s lithium-ion battery safety report delivers a detailed, practical roadmap for managing EV batteries, recognising recyclers’ role while addressing safety, cost and market challenges.
A digital intake system is reshaping EV battery recycling by connecting tracking, assessment and processing, enabling more efficient, compliant and traceable circular flows.
A mid-2026 launch for a sodium-ion battery passenger car could accelerate battery chemistry diversification. Auto recyclers may soon need stronger pack identification, safe high-voltage handling and clearer routing options as sodium-ion joins NMC/NCA and LFP in salvage and ELV flows.
