We generally think of recycling as something that is good for the environment. And, by and large, that is the case; when done properly, recycling reduces the amount of waste in the world and allows ...

The shift of electric vehicles (EVs) from a niche market to a central component of the automotive industry has had significant impacts and promises to bring many more. As the scale of lithium-ion ...

The minerals found in an electric-car battery often travel thousands of miles around the world before the vehicles they will be in hit the road. Lithium mined in Chile or Argentina is shipped to China ...

The auto industry wants people to see sparkling factories turning reclaimed lead into batteries for Ford, Toyota, GM and the rest. But in Africa’s lead recycling capital, reality looks very different.

Today, Mercedes-Benz opened its first battery-recycling plant in Germany. The new plant will use an “integrated mechanical-hydrometallurgical” approach to recycling electric vehicle batteries and ...

The rechargeable batteries from electric and hybrid vehicles present challenges and opportunities for the recycling companies that deal with them. While a limited quantity of these batteries is being ...

A joint investigation by The New York Times and The Examination reveals how demand for lead batteries has fueled lead ...

Mercedes-Benz opened an in-house battery recycling plant. The facility will produce enough materials to make 50,000 new battery modules annually, the company says. EV battery recycling is a niche but ...

Rows of dead batteries stretch across some 30 acres of high desert, organized in piles and boxes that are covered to shield them from the western Nevada sun. This vast field is where Redwood Materials ...

It isn't easy to recycle high-voltage batteries from electric cars, but Porsche wants to take a stab at it. The plan: extract raw materials from old EV batteries to make fresh ones for its own ...

The clean energy transition will require lots of batteries — primarily to power electric vehicles and to store renewable energy that can be dispatched to the electric grid on demand. European Union ...