UK's Lunaz & Altilium Announce Partnership for Collection & Discharging of EV Batteries for Recycling

 The UK's Lunaz and Altilium, a clean technology group focused on supporting the transition to net zero, have announced a partnership to collenct, transport and discharge end-of-life EV batteries.  Altilium’s ecosystem of technological solutions have been developed to ensure the responsible management of EV batteries, from end-of-life collection to direct re-use of recovered materials in the production of new batteries.

Through this collaboration, Lunaz' team of engineers will utilise its electrification expertise and proprietary technology to develop a prototype upcycled electric Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV), specifically designed to transport end-of-life EV batteries.

This will enable their efficient, sustainable transport to Altilium’s planned recycling facilities, with the lowest environmental impact, while also discharging them prior to recycling.

Altilium plans to open the UK’s largest EV battery recycling plant in Teesside in 2026.

The facility will have the capacity to recycle batteries from 150,000 EVs a year, producing 30,000 MT of Cathode Active Materials (CAM) for return and reuse in the EV battery supply chain. 

David Lorenz, founder and CEO of Lunaz, comments: “Lunaz is proud to have closed the circularity loop with this partnership, further strengthening the company’s position as a fully integrated clean-tech leader. By unlocking the power of upcycling, something we are now able to at every stage of our unique process, we can provide even greater value and an ever-lessening carbon footprint.”

Kamran Mahdavi, CEO of Altilium, adds: “We’re excited to be driving innovation and shaping the future of sustainable, low carbon battery raw materials with our partners at Lunaz, who are at the cutting edge of upcycling ICE vehicles into EVs. Millions of EV batteries will need to be transported by the next decade for recycling or a second life. We are committed to developing low carbon logistical solutions that can cope with these high volumes of waste and support the development of a domestic circular economy for battery metals.”

Lunaz is a full-service engineering, electrification and upcycling company with manufacturing capabilities from the cellular level of battery technologies to fully upcycled vehicles of all types.