What Happens to Hybrid and EV Car Batteries?

hybridcars.com 16 Jun '12, 10pm

What Happens to Hybrid and EV Car Batteries?

While experts don’t expect a viable commercial recycling market for hybrid and EV batteries for at least another decade, large recycling firms like Umicore and Toxco are testing and developing efficient processes to recycle the batteries before they hit their plants in heavy volumes. They’re also beginning to expand their operations in the U.S. to accommodate the inevitable jumps in volume – Umicore is building a new facility in North Carolina to break down battery packs before shipping the components to its headquarters plant in Belgium for recycling, while Toxco is increasing capacity to develop lithium-ion battery recycling processes at its plant in Lancaster, Ohio, under a $9.5 million federal grant.

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