Altilium and Connected Energy to extend lifecycle of EV batteries

With headquarters in Newcastle and Hethel, Connected Energy designs and develops energy storage systems using second-life EV batteries, while Altilium processes end-of-life EV batteries and manufactures the scrap to produce low-carbon cathode active materials (CAM) for reuse in new batteries.

Under the agreement, Altilium and Connected Energy will develop sustainable and environmentally responsible business models for the repurposing and recycling of EV batteries.

The collaboration also aims to establish recycling protocols, to be adopted as industry-wide standards, following the waste hierarchy principles of re-use, re-purpose and recycle.

Repurposing EV batteries in stationary systems can extend their life by up to ten years. Once these batteries reach the end of their second life, they can then be recycled and the minerals recovered for reuse in the production of new batteries.

Altilium has received its first batch of batteries from Connected Energy, which will be processed at the company’s recycling facilities in Devon. Using its EcoCathode recycling process, Altilium can recover over 95 per cent of the battery metals, including lithium, in a format that can be directly reused.