Time ripe for EV battery recycling ecosystem

India needs to urgently develop a blueprint to recycle electric vehicle batteries.

The boom in EVs could leave the country with as much as 145,000 tonnes of used lithium-ion batteries in need of recycling by 2030. In other words, it is a problem we can’t ignore, according to industry denizens, experts and researchers.

Recycling EV batteries will also help India, which has minimal reserves of lithium, graphite, cobalt and nickel – all key ingredients to make EV batteries. India currently imports most of its lithium-ion batteries from China. Recycling will bring down the cost of EV batteries and eventually push the adoption of EVs in Asia’s No 3 economy.