Toyota and Redwood Supplies established a partnership final 12 months to create a closed-loop resolution for recycled battery manufacturing. Now, their partnership is taking the following step, as Toyota will supply cathode lively supplies and anode copper foil from Redwood on the automaker’s upcoming North Carolina battery manufacturing plant.
Redwood introduced that that is the second a part of their collaboration to create a sustainable provide chain of batteries from electrical automobiles and end-of-life hybrid EVs.
“We consider this represents the primary time that an automaker is each recycling end-of-life hybrid electrical car batteries, like these used within the Toyota Prius, after which returning those self same recycled metals into that very same automaker’s batteries to be used in future electrified and all-electric automobiles,” Redwood stated.
For Toyota merchandise, Redwood goals to recycle a minimal of 20 % of nickel, 20 % of lithium, and 50 % of cobalt of their cathode and one hundred pc of recycled copper within the anode copper foil. This may make it probably the most sustainable battery supplies on Earth.
The trouble is an try to assist convey a number of the battery manufacturing that’s used for EVs to the USA, properly previous ultimate meeting. Redwood notes that battery parts are produced “through a convoluted provide chain after which imported to the U.S.” to be put collectively earlier than being put in an EV. Whereas this qualifies EVs for a portion of the $7,500 EV tax credit score, it gained’t within the coming years.
Redwood Supplies recovers ~95% of metals from EOL battery packs
“Redwood is making main investments within the U.S. to vary this, and we’ll be spending billions of {dollars} to scale our know-how and amenities within the subsequent few years to convey cathode on-line and ramp manufacturing of crucial battery parts,” the corporate stated.
The corporate is working to ramp up its home supplies provide chain whereas additionally utilizing the very best potential proportion of native, recycled battery supplies to assist the U.S. meet the lofty electrification objectives that it has outlined for itself within the coming years.
“We’re grateful to be working with Toyota and excited to additional speed up a sustainable transportation future by recycling and our home anode and cathode supplies provide,” Redwood added.
Redwood is increasing its Nevada facility to make means for extra recycling efforts and in addition stated it can quickly break floor on its second campus, which goes to be positioned simply exterior of Charleston, South Carolina.
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