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Reduce China’s rare earth reliance, the United States implements “urban mining plan” to strengthen waste batteries!

Since the new President Joe Middot in the United States; After Biden’s stage, it can be clearly discovered that the new US government has attached great importance to the development of new energy automotive industries.

And in the new energy vehicle field, there is only a positive competition with the United States, there is only China. In the United States, Tesla, which is very important role, is currently suffering from the global market, including Tesla sales in the Chinese market, is very serious, and is also transcended by Volkswagen in the European market, Renault car. So seeing the US new energy vehicle is falling out of the world’s new energy car first echelon. US policy began to implement larger tilt policies for new energy vehicles.

Currently, the US government is starting to implement the “urban mining” program to ensure the strategic status of the United States in the electric motor industry. The so-called “urban mining” means that the raw materials are not extracted in nature, but to maximize eco-friendly by recycling waste batteries installed on pure electric cars.

According to the report of overseas media such as Reuters on June 6, the Biden government has been officially submitted through administrative orders, and implemented the environmental protection car implemented earlier this year.

President Biden emphasized the policies of environmental protection car on climate change and the rise of China’s electric vehicle market. These reports are not only about promoting sales of new energy vehicles, but further expanded to the entire new energy vehicle from producing to sales, and then recycling the entire ecology.

In particular, the US government seems to pay special attention to promoting the recovery of new energy vehicle batteries in the US market. The US government hopes to recover the old battery Reuse, reducing the dependence on foreign mining. After all, rare earths such as cobalt and lithium are currently in some other countries, and the resource supply and demand relationship has threatened national security issues in some other countries.

This US government decided to direct investment of various automotive-related projects and support scientific research. For example, the US Department of Energy’s National Laboratory is undergoing research and development, considering reusing existing batteries, such as from existingA useful metal component is extracted in the battery.

According to a report submitted in April, the recovery of waste batteries in 2040 can meet 55%, 25% of the electric vehicle Lithium and 35 percentage of cobalt and nickel demand.

The US government expects 8 million tons of battery waste in the US landfill by 2040. Market Research Institutions IHS Market predicts that in 2020, the global electric vehicle sales will exceed 2.5 million, and the growth rate will reach 70% in 2021 and continue to grow to 2040.

The electric vehicle battery recovery strategy has been discussed from the beginning of the list. However, due to technical and cost problems, efficiency is lower than expected. However, as the major markets such as the US EU began to promote the recycled battery business. Related research is expected to be officially launched.

And from the perspective of environmentalists, the past lead-acid batteries were rarely recovered, but due to the promotion of relevant technologies in some countries, the lead-acid batteries in most internal combustion engine cars will be recycled and Reuse.

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