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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Looking forward to speaking at InterBattery in Seoul next week 🇰🇷. Will present CES data on the real lifecycle of batteries🔋♻️– and what it means for carbon footprint, residual value, and the future supply of recycled materials. Reach out if you're attending and would like to meet.

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

To me the biggest problem with EVs, no matter where they are made, is low residual values. European car makers collect a big chunk of their profits from captive finance. Making EV ownership more attractive will increase demand, improve top line revenues, net profit and save jobs in the whole market.

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Nice size! And price. I was also surprised to see Maxis bring more muscle cars to 🇬🇧.

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I think Vienna lost its position mainly due to the terror threat and subsequent cancelation of Taylor Swift's concerts but the electric postal service is indeed a nice feature. A lot of Maxus vans and my favourites the small three wheel scooters.

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Two Nio in two hours in Frankfurt. Used to be two EVs…

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Thanks! Great summary. Feels familiar somehow, wonder from where I get that feeling….

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

First in the wild🦌🇦🇹. Will be a very intersting month and coming Q. #teslamodely

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Will be in Kensington next week, talking at ACI's Battery Recycling Europe. Theme: The future of the recycling industry in Europe. 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🔋. Send a note if you're there and want to connect.

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

It's 2025 and new EVs in the streets. Spotted the first in Macan in Vienna a few weeks ago. Last week I visited the Porsche store in Mayfair. £104K for this one which makes the Taycan cheap. My neighbours couldn't resist though.

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Love that (part of) the Hungarian team in skiing took their Ampera to the Ski Championships in Saalbach. In fact Saalbach was quite EV dense, maybe reflecting the wealth of the audience...

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

It’s 2025! Time for delivery!

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

First Cybertrucks I have found in Russia and Ukraine.

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Good summary of what’s driving Hungary

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Freedom for me ⚡️💨☀️ On my way to 🇭🇺

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Ukrainian Bolt in Vienna with Californian privileges

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

That's indeed slightly a bit better than what we had anticipated but we also take battery replacements 🪫 🔋into account which brings down the number.

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Nice morning walk reminding me that our EOL battery forecasts align really well with reality. Of the Mitsubishi I-Miev that were sold in the UK between 2010 and 2012 are 66% still on the roads while 4% have a Statutory Off Road Notification which sometimes mean they may have left the country.

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I think we can expect a much more flat development of the European EV market the next years than what previously has been expected. The incentives, including profitability, are just not there for almost 50% of the market by volume. This will have an impact on investments in the whole value chain.

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Maybe the most surprising chart from my article about the European battery recycling market today. In Germany, a market with no credits or subsidies for EVs, BEV/PHEVs had market shares of between 31% and 62% in three segments including SUV in 2024. Nicht schlecht! www.linkedin.com/posts/hanser...

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Our first webinar in 2025 will cover our latest report about the European Battery Recycling Market. The market will be very chellenging the next 10 years, potentially forever. We focus on how to deal with the market conditions and where the opportunities are. More her: www.circularenergystorage.com

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Orano and XTC forms "Neomat" and reconfirm their plans to establish pCAM and CAM manufacturing in France. Orano also reconfirms its plan to build a recycling facility. However, between the lines the announcements in fact shows more hesitation in the EU market. www.orano.group/en/news/news...

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Ahh, well I should have made a shout out! But it wasn’t that long ago.😀.

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Opel Rocks is everywhere in Amsterdam!

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

What happens to battery waste volumes available for recycling in Europe if Northvolt fails to reconstructure their business? Very little. Of the simple fact that: 1. Only small amounts of cells are currently produced 2. NV's orders will be executed by others 3. NV recycles its own waste anyway

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

The US is not good at keeping the EVs in the US market. Big muscle cars are more popular. The total stock of EVs is still ok today due to higher sales in recent years but the outflow will increase fast. After all other markets love these cars. Imported used EVs registered in Ukraine in October 🔽

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

This has been our theme for a long while. Where we point out: - Fighting against others competitive advantage will lead to low growth or low profitability - This is true for the whole value chain and one step failing may cause others to follow -Recycling is always needed. Right focus is 🔑!

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

We saw in an CES Online analysis in February 2023 a risk that a higher share of Chinese vehicles would slow the growth of battery production in Europe with less production scrap and bring a higher share of LFP batteries to the market.

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Spotted it in LA a few months ago😀

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Travelling in the US a few months ago I really felt: why would anyone like an EV here? When you can travel in your own ship with all the convenience and space. It’s silent. Easy to park although vehicles are big. Even the air is good.

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I see the Fisker Ocean a couple of times everyday in Vienna. Not so strange as they were made in Graz. 10,000 packs that not made it into cars were auctioned out after the bankruptcy. A good example of what the end-of-life industry actually is about. Dealing more with newborns than dead. #battchat

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

New educational video from @wef.bsky.social . Usual story. Startup has found a way... In the future there is hope.... But now only 5% of EV batteries are recycled. Is this how far we have come? I mean when it comes the use of data. www.weforum.org/videos/chine...

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Sounds wonderful. This is still my most important reference to Mariefred. As a kid I so much wished to have this station house to my model railway. And I got it and built it. Still haven’t seen the real version😀

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

If recycling should be a valid way for Europe to ease its dependence on China in the battery market it's not so much about banning export of recyclable materials as it is to increase the import thereof. Want to become less dependant? Be more efficient. Run faster. Use less. #BattChat

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Hans Eric Melin @hanseric.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Apparently my first post here. So what could be better than to post a comparison of a 7 year old chart from our first report on lithium-ion battery recycling which took off thanks to another social media platform... with our numbers of today. We were not completely wrong... #battChat

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