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MERCEDES-BENZ BREAKS GROUND ON BATTERY RECYCLING PLANT IN KUPPENHEIM

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Mercedes-Benz Group has broken ground on a 7,000 sq.m lithium battery recycling
plant in Germany, with annual capacity to handle 2,500 tonnes of battery
material from hybrid and pure battery electric vehicles (BEVs). That material
will be fed back into to produce more than 50,000 battery modules for new
Mercedes-Benz models, said the carmaker.

Mercedes-Benz said it was investing a double-digit, million-euro amount in the
construction of the plant, which will operate on a carbon-neutral basis. The
plant will use a photovoltaic system and 100% externally purchased green power.
It will also be funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate
Protection as part of a scientific research project.



The move promises to cut future reliance on the supply of battery materials from
overseas locations as well as making the process of battery production more
sustainable. Carmakers are susceptible to disruptions in the supply of minerals
and materials used in the building of lithium-ion batteries because of the
concentration of suppliers in specific global regions, some with questionable
human rights records, and the associated time and increasing cost in shipping
those materials.

Circular economy on energy
Dismantling of the batteries at Kuppenheim is set to begin at the end of this
year. Later the facility will also shred, dry and process the battery materials
using a hydrometallurgy process developed with technology expert Primobius, a
joint venture between German mechanical engineering company SMS and the
Australian project developer Neometals. The carmaker has also worked with
scientific partners at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the Technical
University of Berlin.

Together the partners will recover battery-grade cobalt, nickel and lithium for
reuse in the production of batteries, and will in future also recover graphite.
Mercedes-Benz said it expects a material recovery rate of around 96%.

Working with its partners, Mercedes-Benz said it had covered the full process of
battery recycling including the development of a logistics strategy, the
sustainable recycling of valuable raw materials, and the reintegration of
recyclates into the production of new batteries.

Greater sustainability and resilience in the EV supply chain will be one of the
discussion points at next week’s Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain
conference in Bonn, Germany, which takes place between March 21-23

“This foundation symbolises the decisive step towards closing the material cycle
for batteries from Mercedes-Benz,” Jörg Burzer, head of production and supply
chain management at Mercedes-Benz Group. “With a recycling rate of more than
96%, a ‘mine of tomorrow’ is being created here in Kuppenheim. The innovative
technology approach enables us to incorporate the valuable raw materials into
new Mercedes-EQ vehicles.”

Mercedes-Benz said it was now looking at each vehicle model to see how
components and materials can be recycled suitability in the context of a
circular economy. That strategy covers the entire supply chain from mining to
recycling

This approach covers the entire supply chain from mining to recycling, according
to the carmaker, including looking at the working conditions of employees at.
Mercedes-Benz said it was offering reconditioned batteries as replacement parts
for all EVs.

Batteries that can no longer be used in vehicles can continue to be used in its
second-life storage system for supply to Factory 56, the €730m factory at
Sindelfingen in which Mercedes-Benz makes the S-Class and is working toward
zero-emission production.





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