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A functioning recycling system for electric car batteries is of great importance for the climate compatibility of the entire industry. Electric car pioneer Tesla has now come one step closer to such a system: The company has now achieved a recycling rate of 92 percent in its recycling facility in the Gigafactory Nevada.

Even today, electric cars are more climate-friendly than comparable combustion and hydrogen vehicles - but the climate advantage could be increased even further with more effective recycling of the resource-intensive electric car batteries.

The industry leader Tesla is also working on such a recycling system . In its Impact Report for 2020, the company now also reports on progress in the cell recycling system in the Gigafactory in the US state of Nevada: "In the fourth quarter of 2020, Tesla successfully installed the first phase of the cell recycling system in the Gigafactory Nevada for internal use Processing of scrap from battery production and used batteries, "it says there.

Tesla has been working with external recyclers for years, but according to its own statements, the company also knows how important it is to build up internal recycling capacities in addition to these relationships. "On-site recycling brings us one step closer to closing the material cycle, as we can forward the raw materials directly to our nickel and cobalt suppliers. The facility initiates the innovation cycle for battery recycling on a large scale and enables Tesla to implement current designs Rapidly improve operational knowledge and carry out process tests in research and development."

In the report, the automaker also publishes a diagram that shows that Tesla can now recover over 92 percent of its battery resources. For example, old batteries with an energy content of 1,000 kWh on average can be used to recover raw metal for batteries with a total of 921 kWh energy content.

Tesla expects that recycling will only bring benefits in terms of the climate compatibility of its vehicles but also expects an economic plus: "As the manufacturer of our in-house cell range, we are ideally positioned to recycle our products efficiently and to maximize the recovery of important battery materials. With the introduction of our own cell production in the Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg and Gigafactory Texas, we expect a significant increase in production waste worldwide. We intend to tailor recycling solutions to each location and thereby reintroduce valuable materials into our manufacturing process. Our goal is to use a safe recycling process with high Develop recovery rates, low costs and low environmental impact. From an economic point of view, we expect considerable savings in the long term, as the costs associated with recovering and recycling battery material on a large scale are far lower than purchasing additional raw materials for cell production. "

Tesla says the company was able to recycle a total of 1,300 tons of nickel, 400 tons of copper, and 80 tons of cobalt in 2020.


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Reference
https://electrek.co/2021/08/13/tesla-semi-electric-truck-weight-on-point-crucial/
https://efahrer.chip.de/news/tesla-knackt-altes-e-auto-problem-die-neuesten-akkus-bestehen-fast-nur-aus-muell_105604