Dave Ketcher, Project Delivery Lead at the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC), explains how funding from the Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) has supported the scale-up of Altilium’s innovative battery recycling process and the development of a sustainable domestic supply chain for critical battery minerals in the UK.

In 2022 Altilium was awarded a share of £9.4 million to establish feasibility of a novel industrial plant to recover critical metals from end-of-life EV batteries for re-entry into a circular battery supply chain.

This feasibility study accelerated and supported the investment decision regarding the development of the UK’s largest planned EV battery recycling facility, capable of processing 150,000 end-of-life EV batteries per year, enabling 30,000 tonnes of cathode active materials (CAM) to be recovered and supplied back into the EV battery industry – enough to meet 20% of expected UK demand by 2030.

Thanks to the support of the APC, Altilium has been able to prove its technology works at a laboratory level and partner with industry leaders including Nissan and JLR, as it continues to pioneer the development of a circular economy for battery materials and support the electrification of the UK’s automotive sector.

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