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Mercedes-Benz battery recycling plant recovers '96%' of materials
Mercedes-Benz opens Europe’s first battery recycling plant using an innovative process that the automaker says enables recycling rate to more than 96%.
The plant, which has been testing the process for more than a year, recovers valuable and scarce raw materials, such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt, which the company then plans to use in future EVs. Unlike the pyrometallurgy established in Europe today, Mercedes says its hydrometallurgical process is less intensive in terms of energy consumption and material waste. In addition, the recycling plant operates in a net carbon-neutral manner, including a 6,800-square-meter roof equipped with a photovoltaic system with a peak output of more than 350 kilowatts.
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