美国东部时间 2023 年11月月 20 日晚上 7：00

作者：Angel Sergeev

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在实现电池生态系统循环的新举措中，丰田与Redwood Materials联手支持其现有的回收协议。该合作旨在建立可持续的途径，以处理丰田电动汽车的汽车电池，这些电池已达到使用寿命。

简而言之，您的旧普锐斯的电池可用于您的新电动皇冠西嘉。或者，至少是其中的一部分。扩大现有的合作伙伴关系，丰田现在将从Redwood的回收活动中采购阴极和阳极铜箔，为其即将到来的汽车电池生产做出贡献。该合作伙伴关系最初是在去年宣布的。

这家日本制造商预计其汽车电池回收需求将增长，特别是随着其越来越多的电动汽车，包括二十多年前推出的第一代普锐斯车型，接近其生命周期的终点。由于丰田退役车队的很大一部分位于加利福尼亚州，其中许多汽车最终可能会进入红木的内华达州回收设施。两家公司正在形成的新生态系统预计将在未来几年内回收、再制造和重新利用约 5 百万个单元。

此次合作是丰田雄心勃勃的可持续发展目标的一部分。这家汽车巨头的目标是到 2035 年实现其全球运营的碳中和，到 2050 年将其汽车的碳中和地位扩大到汽车。该计划的一个组成部分——至少在北美——是在北卡罗来纳州丰田电池制造公司（TBMNC）的未来电池生产中使用回收材料，该工厂将于2025年投入运营。

反过来，Redwood Materials正在扩建其在内华达州北部的工厂，并在南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿郊外的第二个电池材料园区破土动工。它旨在回收、提炼和制造电池材料，目标是年生产规模为100 GWh。正如协议中概述的那样，Redwood将提供至少20%的再生镍、20%的再生锂和50%的再生钴用于阴极生产的材料，同时专注于用于阳极铜箔的再生铜。

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Toyota To Recycle Batteries From Old Hybrids For Use In New Cars

The battery of your first-gen Prius could end up in a, say, new Camry.

Nov 20, 2023 at 7:00pm ET

By: Angel Sergeev

In a new move towards achieving circularity in the battery ecosystem, Toyota has joined forces with Redwood Materials to bolster its existing recycling agreement. The collaboration aims to establish sustainable pathways for the disposal of automotive batteries from Toyota's electrified vehicles that have reached the end of their operational life.

Simply put, the battery of your old Prius could be used in your new electrified Crown Signia. Or, at least, parts of it. Extending the existing partnership, Toyota will now procure cathode and anode copper foil from Redwood's recycling activities, contributing to its own upcoming automotive battery production. The partnership was originally announced last year.

The Japanese manufacturer anticipates a growth in its automotive battery recycling needs, particularly as more of its electrified vehicles, including the first-generation Prius models introduced over two decades ago, approach the end of their life cycle. With a significant portion of Toyota's retiring fleet located in California, many of those cars could end up at Redwood's Nevada recycling facility. The new ecosystem the two companies are forming is expected to recycle, remanufacture, and repurpose around 5 million operating units in the coming years.

The collaboration is part of Toyota's ambitious sustainability goals. The automotive giant aims to achieve carbon neutrality for its global operations by 2035 and extend the same status to its vehicles by 2050. An integral part of this plan – at least in North America – is the use of recycled materials in future battery production at Toyota Battery Manufacturing, North Carolina (TBMNC), set to be operational in 2025. 

Redwood Materials, in turn, is expanding its Northern Nevada facility and breaking ground on its second Battery Materials Campus outside Charleston, South Carolina. It aims to recycle, refine, and manufacture battery materials, targeting an annual production scale of 100 GWh. As outlined in the agreement, Redwood will provide materials with a minimum of 20 percent recycled nickel, 20 percent recycled lithium, and 50 percent recycled cobalt for cathode production, along with a focus on recycled copper for anode copper foil.