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Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by drash, Jun 21, 2022.

  1. drash

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    Toyota to Collaborate with Redwood Materials on a Sustainable, Closed-Loop Electrified Vehicle Battery Ecosystem - Toyota USA Newsroom

    Toyota is promoting a closed loop system with their new TBMNC (Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina) manufacturing plant so even the anode and cathode materials are recoverable from spend battery cells.

    Smart considering most of the materials are expensive and some are even ethically challenging. I’d wager that most new batteries will be manufactured with increasing amounts of recycled materials. Redwood Materials recycles about 6 GWh of spent battery cells annually.


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    #1 drash, Jun 21, 2022
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    bisco and hill like this.
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    agreed. i hope we continue to progress in efficient recycling. well done toyota and redwood
     
    #2 bisco, Jun 21, 2022
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    As much as this is good, Toyota is only interested in being environmentally responsible if they can get patent rights to robustly defend, which is why hydrogen fuel cells ate up all their R&D money rather than more conventional EV design.
     
    #3 PriusCamper, Jun 21, 2022
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