"Companies in China claim they can now recover 99.6% of the nickel, manganese, and cobalt from an end-of-life EV battery. They don't make it clear if these are pilot program numbers or if that's what they're achieving at scale. China is the world's leading EV battery recycling power and it's unlikely the West will catch up anytime soon. The world needs to get electric vehicle battery recycling right."
"China is a global leader in both EV battery production and recycling. It recently implemented new stricter EV battery recycling standards and is also pushing for global adoption of these standards. When China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) first proposed these standards in 2019, it specified that 85% of the lithium that goes into these batteries should be recovered, but this was increased to 90% in 2024."
Certain Chinese firms report recovering up to 99.6% of the nickel, manganese, and cobalt from end-of-life EV batteries, potentially exceeding planned EU targets. The high recovery claim focuses on nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) cells common in long-range electric vehicles. China leads in both EV battery production and recycling and has tightened national recycling standards, raising the lithium recovery target from 85% to 90% in 2024. Major companies, including a CATL subsidiary, report large automated recycling facilities able to process hundreds of thousands of tons and planning to scale further. Verification of reported recovery rates and scale remains important.
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