Be part of a full-day working session on how LFP batteries can become value-positive across their lifetime — through better use, reuse and repurposing, improved collection and processing, and stronger...

Second-life batteries are having a moment — and it's well deserved. Reuse and repurposing capture far more of a battery's value than recycling, and they let battery owners, OEMs and PROs cut cost and ...

Last week I visited a recycling scale-up in Europe. The company has come a long way in its plans to establish material recovery on European ground, and it was good to see the facilities and understand...

This week I was in Yichang. A Chinese city of 3.9 million you've probably never heard of. It already has more than 100 GWh of battery cell capacity in operation or under construction. Brunp went from...

Lately, we’ve seen setback after setback in the European (and also American) battery industry. And almost every time, the explanation quickly becomes the same: “There was not enough capital.

The reuse market shapes everyone's economics in the battery value chain. Most people don't realise it. The reuse and repurposing market is what determines whether end-of-life EVs stay in the US and E...

Our latest Research Update is out — The Provisioning Trap. I've been working on this one for a while. It introduces the CES Used Battery Value Forecast, our first forward curve projecting the value o...

What is a battery worth at its end of life? Most people in this market are guessing. Or worse, ignoring. The cost of guessing wrong — on residual value, on PRO fees, on reuse and recycling business ...

Heading home from a great annual meetup organised by the Swedish Association of Car Dismantlers and Recyclers – SBR Sveriges Bilåtervinnares Riksförbund. I had the opportunity to share CES Research ...

Asset or Liability? Workshop on the future value of used batteries in London the 2nd June 2026. Register here.

Some takeaways from InterBattery in Seoul 🇰🇷 — Arguably the most important battery event outside China. What stands out is the level of technical and commercial focus, driven by leading players acros...

What falling used battery prices, rising material values, and record EV exports reveal about where value is actually created — and lost — across the battery lifecycle

🔋 15 slides to understand EVs’ real lifecycle 🖥️ You’re welcome. It’s been a busy month presenting, discussing, and explaining Circular Energy Storage Research and Consulting's data behind our lates...

Thank you, Madam President, dear Roberta,\nMadam Minister,\nHonourable Members,\nOne topic of the European Council will be defence. We discussed it two weeks ago here, in this hemicycle, and we discus...

It was great to share the stage in Stockholm with Jonas Premfors, bankruptcy trustee for Northvolt Expansion, and Ilka von Dalwigk, Director General of RECHARGE, at Mobilitetsdagen organised by Dagen...

Three measures you must understand before investing in 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 🔋 ♻️ — or in a coffee shop. ☕ 💵 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 is a cost when you buy and revenue when you sell. Both are shaped by supply and demand...

A Chinese container ship has completed a pioneering journey through the Arctic to a UK port, state-run news agency Xinhua reported, cutting in half the usual transit time for the electric vehicles and solar panels aboard destined for Europe.

Great article in AUTO BILD about the low second-hand values of EVs, aiming both to explain why buyers are worried while also showing that their worries are often unfounded. Nevertheless, it reveals ag...

I love the little C-Zero 🚗 . Or the i-Miev and the ion. All being the same car from Citroen, Mitsubishi and Peugeot. Here, yesterday in Marylebone in London. Still modern, still stylish. The range...

Residual values (RVs) of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) continued to languish across many European markets during September.

What do residual values of EVs have to do with how many batteries we’ll reuse or recycle? Quite a lot, actually. Almost as much as the total number of EVs sold. Residual value drives cost of ownersh...

$284 million. That’s how much the European light EV battery recycling market will be worth in 2030 at today’s material prices, according to Circular Energy Storage Research and Consulting’s latest for...

🚀 Big update from Circular Energy Storage! We’ve just launched an improved dashboard on our data portal, CES Online — and now anyone can track our high-level forecasts for the global battery market: ...

CES has opened up its high-level data on CES Online. Track demand, supply, recycling, and usage—available now for everyone on the first page of CES Online.

Electric vehicles will typically last 20 years or more—just like ICE vehicles today. In our latest report, The Battery Lifecycle Report 2025, we dedicate a considerable number of pages to proving thi...

“Do you believe in second life?” After 10+ years analysing this field, I still get asked. But it’s the wrong question. Belief doesn’t matter. The market does. Right now, companies choose: ♻️ Send ...

Is the European EV battery recycling story one of a half-full or half-empty glass? 🥛 That depends entirely on what expectations you bring to the table. If you want to see the glass half full, you’l...

China’s giant electric vehicle insurance market is flailing. Losses are piling up, as companies’ risk models haven’t kept up with changes in vehicle economics and driver behaviors.

“You never actually own a Patek Philippe. You merely look after it for the next generation.”You know the ads. A handsome man — sometimes a woman — caught in a perfect moment with their son or daughter...

It’s already a week since I had the great pleasure of stepping onto the big stage at ICM AG's 30th edition of the International Conference on Battery Recycling (ICBR) in the vibrant city of Valencia ...

After almost six months of work, Circular Energy Storage Research and Consulting is today publishing a new flagship report — the evidence and data behind our most important forecasts on battery use, r...

🔋 Interesting article in Nature Magazine on the acceptance of battery swapping in Germany. The study suggests that the ability to swap a battery could actually help some EV sceptics take the leap to e...

Can you spot the least likely part of this story? Which of the events is the most rare? Here’s a clue. In our latest Battery Lifecycle Report 2025, we show that EVs are likely to stay on the roads as...

141,949 EVs left Germany last year. 🇩🇪 🚗 ⚡ That’s equivalent to: - 37.2% of all EV sales in Germany in 2024 - 10.2% of the national EV fleet just one year ago - 73.2% of Germany’s entire EV stock i...

🔋 Last week, Redwood Materials announced a major strategic move: they’re launching a new business area — Redwood Energy — focused on energy storage solutions using repurposed batteries. Even more impr...

At the recent EVS38 conference in Gothenburg, I found myself the lone dissenter on a panel when moderator Mattias Goldman posed what seemed like a straightforward question: Could circularity give the ...

If there’s one shared sentiment echoing across the global battery recycling sector right now, it’s disappointment. The volumes simply haven’t come. Feedstock is tight. Some recyclers are running on fu...

General Motors and battery partner LG Energy Solution are planning to start commercial production of lower-cost cells for future electric vehicles at a U.S. facility starting in 2028, the companies said on Tuesday.

The Polish government 🇵🇱 is ready to reach deep into its pockets to support not only battery material recovery but also pCAM production—the long-missing puzzle piece in Europe’s quest for a closed-loo...

The circular economy is so much more than just recycling. ♻️ 🔧 🔋 Repair, remanufacturing, and reuse often generate far more local value than simply recovering raw materials, thanks to the higher inhe...

Free webinar just uploaded! 📺 ♻️ 🔋 🚗 I really enjoyed this session, sharing my view of the used EV battery market for the auto salvage and car dismantling community at the International Roundtable o...

Yesterday's announcement of a joint venture between LG Energy Solution and DERICHEBOURG Environnement illustrates the current direction of Europe’s battery recycling sector: 🔋 Battery manufacture...

In this edition, we dive into the challenges Western and Korean battery recyclers face as EV markets move in different directions worldwide. Plus, we’ve updated our used battery price data, refreshed ...

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD lifted fourth-quarter net profit by 73.1% to a record 15 billion yuan ($2.1 billion), it said on Monday, reaping the rewards from undercutting and outselling its rivals.

Had the opportunity to address an engaged audience at Battery Recycling Europe 2025 in London yesterday, speaking about the challenges the European battery…

A sunny, and silent, afternoon in Tottenham Court Road. Over 20% of UK’s new light vehicle sales are BEVs. And sometimes London, where also 1400 buses are…