As the largest bike- and scooter-share company in the world, Lime goes through a lot of what Redwood refers to as medium-format batteries. These smaller batteries last for 500 charge cycles, which means they need to be replaced roughly every five to seven years. With this new partnership, Lime will be shipping those old batteries off to Redwood for recycling.
How many recycled e-scooter batteries do you need to make one EV battery?
Answer: 130.
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Redwood Materials, which recycles old lithium-ion batteries, can gather enough material to make one electric vehicle battery from 130 recycled e-scooter or e-bike batteries. And it will be able to do more of that thanks to a new partnership with Lime.
As the largest bike- and scooter-share company in the world, Lime goes through a lot of what Redwood refers to as medium-format batteries. These smaller batteries last for 500 charge cycles, which means they need to be replaced roughly every five to seven years. With this new partnership, Lime will be shipping those old batteries off to Redwood for recycling.
Once the batteries arrive at Redwood’s North Nevada facility, they’ll be stripped down and all their components separated. Any components that can be reused or refined will be made into high-quality materials that can be resold to make new batteries. According to Redwood, 95 to 98 percent of all the materials it receives eventually find their way back into the supply chain.
As the largest bike- and scooter-share company in the world, Lime goes through a lot of what Redwood refers to as medium-format batteries. These smaller batteries last for 500 charge cycles, which means they need to be replaced roughly every five to seven years. With this new partnership, Lime will be shipping those old batteries off to Redwood for recycling.
