Building an EU industrial ecosystem of circularity applications for battery packs: State of play, challenges and conditions for further development

Building an EU industrial ecosystem of circularity applications for battery packs

CEPS – BATRAW. Building an EU industrial ecosystem of circularity applications for battery packs: State of play, challenges and conditions for further development  - Vasileios Rizos, Patricia Urban, Gustavo Quintana Cabrera, Deniz Tekin, Hien Vu and Marika Moreschi. CEPS IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS March, 2026-01
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Author
Vasileios Rizos
Patricia Urban
Gustavo Quintana Cabrera
Deniz Tekin
Hien Vu
Marika Moreschi
Publication Date
March, 2026
Country
Belgium
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Scope

Electric vehicles are rapidly transforming the transportation landscape. Circularity solutions, namely recycling and second-life applications, are central to addressing environmental impacts and securing access to valuable materials in electric vehicle batteries (EVBs).

Consolidating lessons learnt from the BATRAW project, this report identifies three key enabling conditions for scaling up circularity applications for EVBs in the EU: (i) effective implementation of the EU policy framework underpinned by the Batteries Regulation; (ii) strengthened financial support for scaling up battery circularity applications; and (iii) further harmonisation of the standardisation landscape impacting EVB circularity.