Lithium-ion Car Battery Recycling Advisory Group

 

AB 2832 Advisory Group: Draft Report Outline

Working Draft for Discussion on Dec. 14, 2020

 

Index of Figures

 

Index of Tables

 

Executive Summary

 

Introduction and Overview

Group Mandate

Terminology

Report Scope

 

Background

Battery Technologies

Electric Vehicle Adoption

Similar Efforts

California Landscape

 

Battery Reuse

Regulatory Landscape

Relevant State Regulations

Relevant Federal Regulations

Potential Barriers

Cost to Reuse

• • • Transportation
    • Testing
    • Dismantling (disassembly of battery pack)
    • Remanufacturing
    • Repurposing

Infrastructure

• • • Transportation
    • Testing
    • Disassembly and repurposing facilities

Technological Issues and Knowledge Gaps

Miscellaneous

Opportunities Provided by Reuse

Environmental Benefits

Economic Benefits

Policy Recommendations

 

Battery Recycling

Regulatory Landscape

Relevant State Regulations

Relevant Federal Regulations

Potential Barriers

Cost to Recycle

• • • Transportation
    • Sorting
    • Dismantling (disassembly of battery pack/modules)
    • Safety
    • Recycling Technologies
    • Value of Recovered Material
    • Regulatory and Administrative Costs

Infrastructure

• • • Collection
    • Transportation
    • Capacity
    • In-state vs out-of-state

Technological Issues and Knowledge Gaps

Miscellaneous

 

Opportunities Provided by Recycling

Environmental Benefits

Economic Benefits

Social/Ethical Benefits

• • • Environmental Justice

Policy Recommendations

 

Logistics

Regulatory Landscape

Relevant State Regulations

Relevant Federal Regulations

Potential Barriers

Economics

• • • Transportation
    • Sorting
    • Safety
    • Regulatory and Administrative Costs

Infrastructure

• • • Battery Collection
    • Dismantling
    • Capacity
    • In-state vs out-of-state

Technological Issues and Knowledge Gaps

• • • Data
    • Safety Training
    • Tracking

Miscellaneous

• • • Potential for unlicensed dismantling

Opportunities Provided by Enhanced Logistics

Environmental Benefits

Economic Benefits

Social/Ethical Benefits

Policy Recommendations

 

Findings and Conclusions