Battery Passport is delighted to announce that it has signed up Electra Commercial Vehicles. The new service which will be added to all vehicles as they come off the production line. Battery Passport enables vehicle owners to better understand their batteries and provide a pathway for those batteries to be sold into the second-life market when they reach the end of their vehicle life.

“As a responsible vehicle manufacturer, Battery Passport enables Electra to meet its battery recycling responsibilities by diverting batteries away from disposal and into the second-life sector. Our customers directly benefit from the Battery Passport as it secures the batteries residual value, providing a better price to the vehicle owner when the battery is sold into the second-life market.” Ben Smith, Managing Director, Electra Commercial Vehicles

Battery Passport is a real-time battery monitoring service that provides the vehicle owner recommendations towards extending the in-vehicle lifespan of the battery. The Battery Passport service is continually assessing and grading the future potential of the battery. So that when the battery is nearing the end of its vehicle life, the owner can share the Battery Passport with the second-life market. That grade is used the determine whether a battery can fulfil the energy storage requirements of the second-life application.

The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009, make the vehicle manufacturer responsible for the collection and appropriate disposal of electric vehicle batteries. Giving a battery a secondary use is better than recycling which itself is costly and inefficient. Battery Passport allows the second-life market to purchase the battery knowing its full history and future potential, generating revenue for the vehicle owner.

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