REPORTS

This whitepaper explores how an EV battery reinstaller can approach EV battery teardown and reuse at scale. It covers the entire end-of-life journey of an EV battery, the legislation surrounding an EoL battery’s classification as waste, as well as implications to transportation.

Further investment is necessary into the UK battery cell industry to not only meet the automotive sector’s needs but to secure the future of the UK industry which may be shut out as global supply is bought up.

Electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries retire from transport applications when they reach 70-80% capacity, presenting an opportunity for OEMs to cascade this value into new functions and eventually recovering the valuable materials these batteries are made from.

This report aims to describe the high-level trends in the application and spread of digital technologies and HSSMI’s concept of “orchestration” which leads to the establishment of a successful digital ecosystem. As an example of such an ecosystem, the use case of digital twins is described.

Based on our previous learnings and strategic work with manufacturing businesses, HSSMI has developed a three phase model which can help manufacturers not only survive the current shock, but use this time strategically to realign and plan for growth in the future.