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EV battery improvements must begin now
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have heard Sven Brehler, Engineering Project Manager at TR Fastenings, discuss the future of EV batteries, and his call to the industry to make them more efficient to protect the environement. Here are his comments:
“As electric vehicles become more popular, the number of EV batteries reaching their usefulness will soar each year. EV batteries, as we know, are not easily recycled. Hence, all of us involved in the EV industry have a role to play in improving the sustainability of the market, and if we are to move to batteries that are near-100% recyclable, we need to do more.
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Those designing the next generation of EV batteries must consider at the start of the process – rather than as an afterthought, or not at all! – as to how EV battery units will be disposed of. So how can we make them efficient and effective, yet ensure that their constituent parts can be quickly and easily separated for recycling? Putting the principle Design for Manufacture at the heart of the system is key. If we are to keep down the cost of replacing and recycling units, we need to develop greater standardisation of batteries so a one-size-fits-all system can be created for end- of-life disposal of all its constituent parts. Work is already underway on joint projects organised by the Faraday Institute involving scientists and industry to increase the efficiency of batteries and make them more environmentally friendly. The aim of the Institute’s ReLiB project (Reuse & Recycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries) aims to secure the recycling of close to 100% of the materials in these batteries, by identifying and removing the technological, economic and legal obstacles to it. This includes developing new methods of isolating the minerals used so they can be recycled, identifying second-life uses for the components, reviewing the regulations on battery recycling to ensure they are fit for purpose and, of course, encouraging the development of new businesses to carry out the recycling process.” As Sven aptly summerises: “We all have a role to play in improving these batteries, and there’s no time to waste!
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