Zero Motorcycles, Reneon and GRS-Batteries work together

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Zero Motorcycles, Reneon and GRS-Batteries work together
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Zero Motorcycles, Reneon and GRS-Batteries work together

Zero Motorcycles, Reneon and GRS-Batteries work together

Zero Motorcycles, Reneon and GRS-Batteries work together

Zero Motorcycles, Reneon and GRS-Batteries work together

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Zero Motorcycles, Reneon and GRS-Batteries work together
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According to its own information, recycler Duesenfeld can separate up to 96 percent of the battery components from one another.

Zero Motorcycles, Reneon and GRS-Batteries work together
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In the process, the individual battery packs end up in a shredder.

Zero Motorcycles, Reneon and GRS-Batteries work together
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In order to prevent spontaneous combustion caused by short circuits during shredding, …

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… the batteries are dismantled under negative pressure and with the addition of nitrogen.

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During this process, the electrolyte of the batteries is then recovered.

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What remains is a dry granulate, from which the individual components are separated using traditional methods.

Zero Motorcycles, Reneon and GRS-Batteries work together
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Duesenfeld recovers, among other things, the metals lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese in high purity.

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At local collection points, shredder systems should be used whose technology fits into a standard sea container.

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In this way, the granulate to be recycled should be produced directly on site.

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Zero Motorcycles, Reneon and GRS-Batteries work together

Zero Motorcycles collects its own batteries
Zero in the network for old batteries

Zero Motorcycles is not only one of the few manufacturers that offers real access to two-wheeled electromobility and thus conveys a clear vision, but is already looking to the end of the battery life.


Jens Kratschmar

12/22/2020

Along with Reneos SCE (a battery take-back system from five EU countries) and GRS Batteries Service GmbH occurs zero actively promoting the controlled collection of old lithium-ion batteries.

Since October, Reneos and GRS batteries have been collecting used batteries from Zero Motorcycles in Germany and Austria. A lot is not mentioned, however, and was also not to be found out. In relation to the approved Zeros and their expected lifespan, this should hardly be more than a handful so far. But the system stands.

Initiative is right

Compared to the heavy batteries from cars and buses, the small energy storage devices from a motorcycle are initially less economically interesting for recycling and so there is a risk of having a problem with improperly overlaid old batteries from motorcycles in the near future. In the worst case, they will simply be disposed of illegally. So this initiative from Zero is more than welcome. Collecting old accumulators and batteries is right and important. Everything that comes after that is still uncertain.


Zero Motorcycles, Reneon and GRS-Batteries work together

A zero battery, for which there is now a real collection system that is supposed to recycle the old batteries. The following can be obtained from a battery: cobalt, nickel graphite, copper, iron, aluminum, lithium and much more.

Battery recycling: not a holistic concept

In this context, zero always includes the term recycling, but none of the companies involved in this area can offer technologies or would be able to communicate this in an understandable manner. Reneon and GRS initially only collect. What happens to the batteries afterwards has not yet been fully communicated. You can find out that the recyclers from Reneos meet current EU standards.

EU standard is still not very demanding

According to the EU, lithium batteries only have to be recycled up to 50 percent of the mass. Sometimes it is enough to dismantle the battery and return the housing and cables. Normal household batteries must be recycled to at least 75 percent. There is still a lot of room for improvement here with lithium and all other EV batteries.


Zero Motorcycles, Reneon and GRS-Batteries work together


Duesenfeld GmbH

In one of the many Racacling processes, the individual battery packs end up in a shredder, then the ferrous metals are removed, as well as all other materials that had nothing to do with the electrolysis.

Recycling is almost not worthwhile at the moment

However, this is a problem that all manufacturers and recyclers are currently facing: the processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are subject to rapid change. And much worse: the prices on the market for mined raw materials are increasing, but are sometimes still so low that the costs for recycling the secondary raw materials cannot be covered. With a further reduction in the raw material proportions of cobalt and lithium in the batteries, the recycling of batteries will also become more and more difficult to achieve economically in the medium term, because that too has to be a facet of the circular economy: It has to make sense.


Zero Motorcycles, Reneon and GRS-Batteries work together


Duesenfeld GmbH

What remains is a dry granulate, from which the individual components are separated using traditional methods.

This is what the recycling of batteries currently looks like

A lot is currently being researched into recycling methods. Common methods are currently split into two main parts. On the one hand, the thermal extraction of high-quality substances such as cobalt, nickel and copper and, to a lesser extent, lithium. This widespread method requires a lot of energy. Another possibility is a chemical variant in which the so-called black mass – i.e. the electrically active material of the battery – can be further separated with the help of various methods and additives. Although less energy is needed here for heating, there is no leftover drinking water. All types continue to be based on the fact that the batteries first have to be laboriously dismantled by hand in order to then be able to carry out further steps. The idea of ​​throwing a battery into a funnel and neatly coming out of the usable secondary raw materials is very far in the future. As well as realistic quantities that existing systems can really recycle today. Yet.

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Conclusion

Collecting old batteries is good, but only really helps if it is clear how batteries can be sensibly recycled. However, clear methods of recycling have not yet been established. As with battery technology itself, progress can only be achieved here if the e-mobility market continues to grow. Until then, collecting the batteries is an important, but only a first step.

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