Altilium is proud to have secured further grant funding from the Advanced Propulsion Centre for two innovative new projects, as it continues to accelerate the scale-up of its EV battery recycling operations and support the industrialisation of an electrified automotive supply chain in the UK.

The projects were announced today as the Department for Business & Trade unveiled £88m of joint funding for cutting-edge, green vehicle technology projects to take the UK a step closer to net zero. The funding will be delivered through the APC under its Advanced Route to Market Demonstrator competition (ARMD3) and the Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF).

The funding will support the production of battery cells using cathode active materials (CAM) recovered from end-of-life batteries and qualified with an automotive OEM for the first time, along with a new feasibility study supporting the development of Altilium’s planned Teesside recycling plant, capable of processing 90,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of end-of-life EV lithium-ion batteries, gigafactory scrap and electronic waste.

The ARMD3 competition is aimed at rapidly developing automotive products with a clear route to market. Under the 12-month project, Altilium will deliver a carbon reduction technology in BEVs, through production and validation of battery cells with an OEM using its EcoCathode NMC811 – 2036 CAM. The CAM will be produced using recycled materials at Altilium’s Devon-based facilities and will comply with stringent new EU battery regulations.

By 2031, new EV batteries in the EU must include 6% recycled lithium, 6% recycled nickel and 16% recycled cobalt. These targets increase to 12%, 15% and 26%, respectively, by 2036.

This is the first time that battery cells produced with recovered CAM and qualified with an automotive OEM will be demonstrated in the UK. Further details of the pioneering project will be announced soon.

The new feasibility study, supported by the ATF, will accelerate and support the investment decision to scale-up Altilium’s technology with construction of the UK’s first recycling plant to CAM, capable of processing 150,000 EV batteries per year and supplying 30,000tpa of CAM back into the UK battery industry. The six-month study, which builds on previous engineering work with Hatch, will significantly de-risk key elements of the project, allowing Altilium to strengthen its understanding of the market opportunity and close out any knowledge gaps.

Read the full announcement here.