Renault is in advanced discussions with potential partners to extract and recycle lithium and other metals from used electric-vehicle batteries, a company executive said, as it seeks to reuse more of the strategic raw materials.
While recycling car parts is increasingly common, Renault is aiming to be the first European automaker to also recycle batteries on an industrial scale.
With over 10 years' experience in the electric vehicle value chain, Renault Group is a pioneer in the field, with more than XX EVs on the road in Europe. Acceleration, braking, torque dynamics, thermal management, load management, software... More than 300 patents have been registered around Mégane E-Tech electric and its CMF-EV platform, for example. A figure that demonstrates the vitality of innovation and the expertise of the engineering teams in France.
Groupe Renault with Veolia, a global leader in optimized resource management, and Solvay, a leading science-based company, announced their partnership to enable the circular economy of EV battery metals in Europe through closed-loop recycling.
