Lithium-ion batteries are a major step up from conventional batteries, but there is currently little economic incentive to recycle their lithium — and that’s the necessary final step in a “green” vehicle, according to global business research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.
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Lithium is a soft metal that has several uses, including medicine and nuclear energy.
The amount in an automotive battery depends on the power needed: around two kilograms for a plug-in hybrid, and around 10 kilograms for a pure-electric vehicle battery that produces more kilowatts, according to Aswin Kumar, automotive and transportation industry analyst for Frost & Sullivan. The lithium in a battery(Hp dv9000 Battery, Hp dv9500 Batteries) is completely recyclable, but it’s currently not cost-effective.
“The recycled lithium costs as much as five times the cost of lithium produced from the least-priced brine-based process,” Kumar says.
“It is not competitive for the recycling companies to extract lithium from slag or com
etitive for the (manufacturers) to buy at higher price points from recycling companies.”
Right now, much of the value in recycling such batteries comes from other materials they contain, such as nickel and cobalt, which are priced much higher than lithium — but technology marches on.
Right now, much of the value in recycling such batteries comes from other materials they contain, such as nickel and cobalt, which are priced much higher than lithium — but technology marches on.
“Future battery chemistries under research and development, such as phosphate or manganese-based chemistries, have little or no valuable metals like cobalt or nickel,” Kumar says.
“Thus, there is a net negative value for recycling, as the effort to recycle only for lithium from these chemistries would be very high.”
Some newer battery technologies will require twice the amount of lithium as current batteries.
There’s enough lithium to meet global demand, but much of the readily-available metal is in countries that aren’t always politically stable, many of them in South America.
There’s enough lithium to meet global demand, but much of the readily-available metal is in countries that aren’t always politically stable, many of them in South America.
If the supply is disrupted, the major threat manufacturers face is the time it takes to get lithium (Hp dv6000 Battery, hp nc6400 battery) to market from new mining resources, Kumar says.
He also notes that only a few producers control the market, with the top five accounting for 80 per cent of lithium production in 2009.China, which has one of the world’s largest lithium reserves, is now ramping up production.
And although we have lots of it, Kumar warns that it should not be the sole future source of automotive power, and that research and development on other power sources is needed to avoid lithium dependency.
And although we have lots of it, Kumar warns that it should not be the sole future source of automotive power, and that research and development on other power sources is needed to avoid lithium dependency.
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