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BMW Group creates closed recycling loop for high-voltage batteries in China

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The BMW Brilliance Automotive joint venture (BBA) has established a closed loop for reuse of the raw materials nickel, lithium and cobalt from high-voltage batteries that are no longer suitable for use in electric vehicles. Already today, the BMW Group uses secondary nickel in the high-voltage batteries of the BMW iX.

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DOE to issue $47M FY17 Vehicle Technologies program-wide funding opportunity

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The objective of this area of interest is to develop and to demonstrate electrochemical energy storage cell technologies capable of addressing the technical barriers to widespread commercialization of PEVs that approach or achieve the battery pack cost target. Battery500 Seedling Projects. Earlier post.) kW/Liter; and efficiency ≥94%.

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BMW Group shifting to cylindrical BMW cells in NEUE KLASSE from 2025; 46xx

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By leveraging the comprehensive in-house expertise of the company’s own Battery Cell Competence Center, the team from development, production and purchasing has been able to reduce costs for the high-voltage battery significantly, due to the new battery cell and new integration concept for battery technology developed by BMW.

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