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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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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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