Veolia and Solvay are pleased to announce their partnership on a circular economy consortium to offer new solutions that promise better resource efficiency for critical metals used in lithium-ion electric vehicle (EV) batteries.
With the number of electric vehicles on the road expected to grow from 8 million in 2020 to 116 million by 2030, ensuring stable access to raw materials is a strategic challenge. Furthermore, materials used today in EV batteries are not always recovered at their maximum value.
Veolia and Solvay, through its subsidiary SARP Industries, are already actively engaged in discussions with a car manufacturer and battery cell producers, to coordinate, collaborate and leverage on respective technologies and core competences at each step of the value chain - from access and spent battery feedstock to dismantling, metal extraction and purification.
In its recycling plant in eastern France, Veolia has already been dismantling batteries for electric vehicles since 2013. The combination of mechanical and hydrometallurgical processes makes it possible to treat the active cells and extract the active metals. These metals are then used by industry and transformed into new materials.
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If you have a large fleet of vehicles, moving away from diesel and petrol vehicles and deploying electric vehicles offers a number of benefits. But like many organisations, a lack of charging network, or restricted electrical supply, could be holding you back.
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Our EV experts will perform a detailed site survey to determine the civil works that will be required for your site installation. This factors the types of vehicles in your fleet, or that operate on your site, so we can install the most appropriate EV chargers. Once installed and commissioned, we’ll test your charging stations with your vehicles, to ensure everything is working correctly, before training your drivers on how to use them.
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- Use renewable energy form an Energy Recovery Facility (ERF), if available
- Include radio-frequency identification (RFID)/fob lock for safety
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- Feature load-balancing software to prioritise charging – even if your entire fleet can’t be charged at the same time
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