Bmw Group To Recycle Batteries With “Sk Tes”

BMW Group has entered into a new European partnership for the recycling of high-voltage batteries. BMW has been working with “SK tes” since November 2024 to recover valuable raw materials such as nickel, cobalt, and lithium from used batteries. The company, which is part of the South Korean environmental and energy group SK, is a provider of resource recovery technologies. The goal is to bring waste batteries from Europe into a closed cycle and to use their secondary raw materials for the production of new batteries. This closed loop system is planned to be extended to North America by 2026.

As part of the collaboration, used high-voltage batteries from the BMWʼs development, production, and markets in Europe will be delivered to “SK tes” where they are first mechanically shredded to concentrate the metals in the black mass, followed by chemical processing to recover raw materials such as nickel, lithium, and cobalt. These metals are intended for use in the upcoming BMW GEN 6 powertrain generation. According to the company, the knowledge gained from the recycling process will directly flow into the development departments in order to make future batteries more efficient and sustainable.

Source:https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/united-kingdom/article/detail/T0447326EN_GB/bmw-group-scores-circular-economy-win-with-high-voltage-batteries