The first batch of new energy vehicles ushered in the "scrap tide", where did these old batteries go?
With the progress of the times, the development of new energy vehicles can be said to be in full swing, but the power battery recycling system of new energy vehicles has always been in a dark place. So what is the current state of power battery recycling? What are the challenges?
First of all, we need to know who is carrying out the recycling of power batteries now.
When an industry is in the stage of running, the producer naturally becomes the responsible, according to the relevant requirements of the state, the production enterprise must assume the main responsibility for battery recycling. Under the call of the government, Volkswagen, BYD, Ningde times and other car companies began to establish a battery recycling system long ago, and with the development of the times, this system has begun to make great strides towards the formal industry.
At the same time, those small enterprises that are not enough to support the establishment of a battery recycling system can only cooperate with third-party recycling companies, such as Guanghua Technology, which has become the leader of recycling batteries.
So, what operations will the power battery carry out after recycling?
Power batteries, whether it is ternary lithium batteries, or lithium iron phosphate batteries, after being recycled, there are only two kinds of ends, the first is ladder utilization, and the second is material regeneration.
In this case, "ladder utilization" refers to the second utilization, such as after the power battery is used up, it is installed on the toy car, and then continue to use. When the power battery capacity drops to about 80%, the battery life can no longer meet the normal demand. After recycling, the company removes the battery cell and continues to shine in other fields. When the capacity is further reduced, the final recycling becomes the final destination, through disassembly, separation, purification, into the production line, the next cycle.
So in the production process, what is the underground channel recycling?
In fact, this is due to the fact that many car companies have not established an orderly automotive power battery recycling system, which has led to many third-party agencies playing the role of recycling. Most of these institutions are small workshops and are not formal, so after completing the dismantling and simple testing, they directly flow into the secondary circulation market, such as charging treasures, etc., it is possible to assemble these batteries.
Although there is now a complete set of recycling systems on the market, but the material recovery is also not optimistic, due to the abnormal activity of lithium elements, it is not ideal in recovery, and "cobalt" is too toxic and other reasons, easy to explode and pollute.
But in fact, from the overall direction, the power battery recycling industry is still very bright, no less than new energy vehicles, worthy of public expectations.