Electric Vehicle battery second-life applications are gaining attention as a way to minimize the environmental impact and increase the economic profit. However, the demand for stationary energy storage is expected to be saturated in the near future with these second-life batteries. This fact, in addition to the several technical and economic challenges of second-life batteries, promotes exploring other alternatives. This work analyses and compares these possible approaches, that go from battery capacity reduction, redefining the End-of-Life requirements to focusing on Vehicle to Grid actions. In accordance with circular economy notions, this work suggests that larger efforts should be put into first-life profit extraction, instead of blindly counting on second-life applications, and into defining a reliable End-of-Life threshold according to the driving requirements.

P7-10 Reconsidering the current trends in the Electric Vehicle market: alternatives beyond second-life applications

Reducing emissions from the transportation sector is one of the fastest ways to combat climate change. 

Electrifying mobility is propelling new technologies, empowering consumers to take concrete action and is demanding politicians to take swift and concrete action.

What will the future of electric mobility look like? And what are the biggest challenges for realizing zero emission transport on the road, at sea and in the air? 

The 13th-15th June, people from all over the world will travel to Oslo, the world’s leading player in electric transport, to participate in this year’s biggest EV conference.