Recycling – adding value to the process

Recycling high-voltage batteries with the aim of recovering raw materials

High-voltage batteries not only constitute key technology elements in Mercedes-Benz electric buses, but also contain valuable raw materials. Daimler Buses has entered into partnerships with established recycling companies to recover a large proportion of these raw materials at the end of a battery's life.

Circular economy in eMobility
Due to general market developments and a high level of environmental conscientiousness, sustainability in the context of a circular economy is gaining an enormous level of significance. That’s why, from the outset, it is always our plan to recycle the high-voltage batteries from all of our electric vehicles – regardless of the cell chemistry.

In addition to reducing waste, the reuse of recycled high-voltage battery raw materials is the main focus for the future of e-mobility.

Recovering raw materials efficiently
High-voltage batteries are efficiently recycled as part of the recycling process. The further development of recycling processes and methods when recycling high-voltage batteries can make an important contribution to creating a circular economy.

Various processes are used to recover as many raw materials as possible, for example hydrometallurgy.

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