In Pictures: GM and Cirba Solutions Complete Closed-Loop Battery Recycling Pilot Using 100% Recycled Critical Minerals

GM's closed-loop battery recycling pilot has produced new EV battery cells using cathode active material made entirely from recycled critical minerals.

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The pilot recovers nickel, cobalt and manganese from end-of-life batteries and scrap to feed back into new cell production.

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Partners across the supply chain collaborated to turn recovered minerals into cathode active material for GM's electric vehicles.

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End-of-life vehicles represent a valuable source of critical minerals as GM scales its closed-loop recycling strategy.

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Advanced separation and processing equipment is central to recovering high-purity minerals from retired EV batteries.

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Recycled nickel, cobalt and manganese are the building blocks of the cathode active material inside GM's new battery cells.

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Without recycling, retired vehicles and batteries would leave critical battery materials to waste away.

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The program aims to keep battery materials in circulation and out of landfills as EV adoption grows.

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GM and Cirba Solutions say closed-loop recycling can reduce reliance on newly mined critical minerals for EV batteries.

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