Hans Eric Melin
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Founder of Circular Energy Storage – the global source of intelligence on use, reuse and recycling of lithium-ion batteries.
London, England
Joined April 2007
Interesting article about people's perception about battery swapping – with my comments about why battery swapping might be a solution to drive up residual values. And why low residual values is threatening the entire EV and battery industry. #battchat.
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🔋 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...
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On Redwood’s move into second life. To be involved in repurposing indeed makes a lot of sense for recyclers. Especially if they have an aggressive strategy. But there are many out there who wants to get a piece of the value pie. ⬇️🔧🔋🚗.#battchat.
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🔋 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...
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In the whole battery lifecycle recycling generates the least. There is more value in:. 🔋 Use it well.🛠️ Maintain it.🔁 Reuse + repurpose it. That’s where the jobs and returns can come from. And yes—it makes recycling stronger too. #BatteryLifecycle #EVs.
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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...
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There’s no feedstock shortage in battery recycling—just too much capacity chasing too few batteries. This was always going to happen.
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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...
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An economy can be circular even if the circles aren't located in the same market. Essentially that is what always happened with mobile electronics. But it has consequences.
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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...
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Free webinar just uploaded! 📺♻️🔋🚗. Really enjoyed this session discussing the used EV battery market at the International Roundtable on Auto recycling covering my favourite topics:. ♻️ The lifecycle of EV batteries.🔧 The reuse market .🌍 The risks and opportunities in a.
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As China's EV industry races toward world dominance, the rest of the world is busy putting up obstacles to its own competitiveness. This + notes about our updated recycler database, prices of used batteries and new subscription options in our news.
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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...
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I agree with almost every word of JD Vance here. Only not the conclusion. Because I don't believe that countries are competing against each other. Companies are. As an exporter of both hardware and services for more than 15 years I always want the world around me to be more.
JD Vance just TORCHED the utterly discredited ideologies behind globalism🔥🔥. "Geographies that do the manufacturing get awfully good at the designing of things . Cheap labor is fundamentally a crutch, and it's a crutch that inhibits innovation."
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Five slides on the challenges for European battery recyclers .
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Had the opportunity to address an engaged audience at Battery Recycling Europe 2025 in London yesterday, speaking about the challenges the European battery recycling industry are facing in the wakes...
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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 electric, actually starts to feel like Shanghai or Oslo. Without tarrifs on Chinese EVs and significantly more ambitious
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RT @electricfelix: .@hanseric on 🔥: .== Wake Up @EU_Commission ==. Hans:✍️✍️."This while China's sales of BEV/PHEVs this year's first two….
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RT @electricfelix: .@hanseric tells it better than most:."Today's announcement from the @EU_Commission 🇪🇺 means that European recyclers and….
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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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Look forward to speak at both these events in May.
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The perfect combo in May 🥠 🥠 🇨🇳 🔋 This year's China International Li-ion Battery Recycling Week in Changsha will start the week after CIBF 2025 in Shenzhen, the world's largest battery trade...
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If the European automotive industry doesn't think that people want to buy EVs – why would the battery industry believe that car makers will buy batteries?.
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In this newsletter we share our view on what consequences the EU's Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the Automotive Industry will have on the battery recycling industry and we announce our partne...
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Did you know that Hungary🇭🇺 is the fastest growing EV market in Europe? ⬇️.
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That Hungary is the leading battery producing country in Europe is well known in the battery industry. What might be less known is that Hungary is the fastest growing EV market in the EU. 🚗⚡🇭🇺 🥇...
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Lower EV targets will kill the European automotive industry.
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A vote for lower EV sales targets in EU, while the growth of EVs is consistently strong in the rest of the world, is a vote for squeezing out the last profits from a dying automotive industry in...
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