FRANKFURT — Mercedes-Benz laid the basis stone for a sustainable battery recycling manufacturing unit in Kuppenheim, southern Germany on Friday.
The pilot plant will have an annual capability of 2500 tonnes and will add to the output of much more than 50,000 battery modules for new electric Mercedes-Benz automobiles.
Recycled batteries will appear from test vehicles and start-up batteries. Dependent on the pilot’s achievement, manufacturing volumes could be scaled up in the medium to extended time period.
Commissioning for the first stage of the plant — mechanical dismantling — is scheduled to commence in December this yr. Topic to talks with the general public sector, the pilot manufacturing unit will be finished a several months later on.
The Kuppenheim plant currently runs a CO2-neutral procedure with solar and environmentally friendly electrical power. Its building is currently being funded as part of a scientific study challenge by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Local climate Safety.
“We are sending an significant sign of revolutionary strength in Baden-Württemberg and Germany for sustainable electromobility,” stated Jörg Burzer, management board member of Mercedes-Benz in generation and source chain management.
Thekla Walker, minister for the surroundings, climate and vitality in Baden-Württemberg, reported she was pleased that Mercedes-Benz was advertising the subject matter of the circular financial state.
“This is of particular value in check out of the limited availability of essential raw products that are in large desire, this kind of as lithium, cobalt and nickel,” she explained.
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