ntributing over 8.4 million work hours to bring the project to completion. Core operations will include electrode production, cell formation and assembly, and module assembly. The site includes 11 buildings: two main manufacturing facilities, Cell and Module, and nine support buildings, including a recycling center and safety testing laboratory. While minor construction activities continue in non-operational areas, the facility itself is fully ap...

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BASF, Porsche, and BEST complete pilot project on chemical recycling On September 29, Porsche AG and BASF SE, in collaboration with technology partner BEST - Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH, completed a pilot project on recycling mixed waste from end-of-life vehicles. The pilot project demonstrates the recyclability of high-performance plastics from automotive shredder residues (ASR) together with renewable raw materials.  This mixtu...

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pack production technology, is capable of ensuring the lifecycle value management of batteries, while BBK, with mature local operating experience, will work on rapid solution application. The two companies will co-build a complete small power battery industrial chain from production to swapping to recycling in Southeast Asia. (From a Corun press release dated September 24, 2025)...

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y capability reaches 1.7 GWh annually, supported by extensive testing infrastructure—including electrical and electronics labs, QA laboratories, battery cyclers, rolling and brake testers, wheel alignment rigs, headlamp aiming stations, and environmental chambers. The factory incorporates battery recycling, waste management, on-site charging infrastructure, and plans for renewable energy integration. It also houses R&D workshops and prototype a...

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cylib, Germany, secures funding for lithium-ion battery recycling facilities On September 24, cylib secured EUR 26.1 million in European Union funding from the ERDF/JTF programme in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) to build one of the largest lithium-ion battery recycling facilities in Europe at CHEMPARK Dormagen. The facility is scheduled to begin operations in 2027.  It will process up to 140,000 electric vehicle batteries annually. ...

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Tadweeer and Chery sign MoU for aluminum plant and smelter in Saudi Arabia On September 19, multiple sources reported that the Saudi National Environmental Recycling Company (Tadweeer) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. to conduct technical and financial feasibility studies on the establishment of an aluminum plant and smelter in the Kingdom.  They are exploring the establishment of an aluminum smelter...

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t real-world use, including car weight, efficiency in warm and cold weather, and hidden emissions from tyres and brakes. Most importantly, it now fully includes Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), making it the first rating system to measure a car’s environmental footprint from production to end-of-life recycling. In testing, MINI Cooper E scored highest with 97% (5 stars), followed by FIAT 600e with 96% (5 stars). Both have relatively small batteries...

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he potential expansion of public charging infrastructure in key locations nationwide. They will also explore opportunities for local skills development, SMME participation, and job creation in the growing EV ecosystem. Future discussions may also consider renewable-powered ultra-fast charging hubs, recycling and repurposing used EV batteries for energy storage and backup systems, and integrating EVs into Eskom’s demand-side management strategie...

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Ascend Elements, USA, and GEM, China, sign MoU for battery recycling and materials in Europe On September 17, Ascend Elements, a US based leader in engineered battery materials, and GEM Co., Ltd., a Chinese pioneer in battery materials and recycling, announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU).  The collaboration would help advance Europe's localized, sustainable battery materials ecosystem in alignment with the European Union's regulatory fra...

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SK Innovation licenses waste battery recycling technology to KBR South Korea’s SK Innovation Co., Ltd. announced that the company licensed its proprietary waste battery recycling technology to KBR Inc., a US engineering company. Through this agreement, KBR will combine its high-purity crystallization technology, named PureLi, with SK Innovation’s waste battery recycling technology and sell it in the global market. SK Innovation began developi...

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esource Circularity Center, located near the Marysville and East Liberty Auto Plants in Ohio, as a first-of-its-kind center designed to give new life to retired equipment, office electronics and vehicle service parts that would otherwise end up in landfills.  Going beyond traditional manufacturing recycling programs that focus on direct materials such as scrap metal and plastics used to produce products, the Honda Resource Circularity Center foc...

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door visors of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda)’s new N-ONE e:, a mini passenger electric vehicle (EV). This marks the first time in the automotive industry that recycled acrylic resin has been used for door visors. Mitsubishi Chemical and Honda jointly developed a technology that enables practical recycling of acrylic resin recovered from end-of-life vehicles and conducted demonstration experiments. The companies have successfully established a ...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/17

PeakAmp, India secures INR 120 million in seed funding for lithium-ion battery recycling On September 11, PeakAmp, a battery circularity startup, secured ₹120 million (USD ~1.37 million) in seed funding, led by Caret Capital with participation from IIMA Ventures, Basant Sharma & Group, and other investors from the clean-tech and recycling sectors. The funding will be used to advance PeakAmp’s mission of building India’s first full-stack sol...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/12

fiber, the battery absorbs 1,000J of energy upon collision. Also showcased at the event were a battery passport fully covering the consumer, power, and energy storage categories, which enables lifecycle traceability across mineral mining, smelting, material processing, battery production, use, and recycling. The passport leverages internal system integration and real-time data calculation for dynamic disclosure of environmental indicators such a...

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ctions Suzuki considers just right for customers. Suzuki will proceed with integrating the ADAS functions into intelligent cameras, consolidating headlamp functions, integrating display modules, expanding digital cockpits that are just right for each market and so on. Easy-to-Disassemble Design for Recycling: Suzuki is advancing not only product designs that are easy to disassemble for recycling and reuse but also weight reduction of resin parts ...

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IAA Mobility 2025: Škoda unveils Vision O concept car On September 8, Škoda revealed the Vision O, its first electrified concept car built fully around customer needs and showcasing the next stage of the Modern Solid design language at IAA Mobility 2025 in Munich. The name “Vision O” reflects the idea of circularity i.e., designing, producing, using, and recycling cars in a sustainable way. A production model based on this concept vehicle, ...

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nd will allow ProLogium and Rimac to estimate manufacturing costs and assess the commercial viability of the technology for large-scale production. This next-generation battery module design will enable disassembly down to a single cell, delivering the high-value benefits of reparability as well as recycling and reuse. Based on ProLogium Technology press release ...

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Government of India clears INR 15 billion incentive scheme for critical mineral recycling On September 3, 2025, the Union Cabinet approved an INR 15 billion Incentive Scheme under the National Critical Mineral Mission to build domestic recycling capacity for critical minerals. The six-year programme (FY 2025-26 to FY 2030-31) targets e-waste, lithium-ion battery scrap, and other secondary sources such as catalytic converters from end-of-life vehi...

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Continental invests in pyrolysis technology to recover raw materials from waste rubber Continental AG (Continental)’s ContiTech group sector has acquired an exclusive patent family for a new pyrolysis-based thermal purification process and commissioned a pilot facility to produce purified pyrolysis oil. The pyrolysis technology enables the industrial-scale recycling of complex rubber compounds, recovering high-quality raw materials from waste r...

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total waste plastics in Japan, for automotive interior parts, has been selected by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment as its FY2025 demonstration project for a plastic resource circulation system toward a decarbonized society. The company will collaborate with packaging plastic waste generators, recycling companies, and plastic processing companies, to conduct technical evaluations for securing quantity and quality. Toyota Boshoku will also ve...

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