BMW is partnering with a leading EV battery recycling company in an attempt to complete a full circular supply chain of electric car batteries.

Battery recycling specialist Redwood Materials has just gained another major automaker as a client, signing a partnership with BMW

As demand for electric vehicles continues to grow, lithium-ion battery recycling is becoming an increasingly important part of the EV battery materials supply chain. In the European Union (EU), new batteries will be required to contain a minimum amount of recycled content by 2030.

Beyond Poland, AE Elemental, which is equally owned by Ascend Elements and Elemental Strategic Metals, plans to build Europe’s largest lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Germany. That facility will have the capacity to recycle up to 25,000 metric tons of batteries per year, or approximately 58,000 EVs annually.

With BMW and Redwood Materials joining forces, is the long-term sustainability of electric vehicles now within reach?

The car manufacturer will work with leading battery recycler Redwood Materials to recycle the lithium-ion batteries used in its electric, plug-in hybrid, and mild hybrids models,