Ascend Elements, Call2Recycle to offer customized EV battery services

A new agreement between Westborough, Massachusetts-based battery recycler Ascend Elements and Atlanta-based Call2Recycle is aimed at bringing customized electric vehicle (EV) battery management, logistics and recycling services to automotive dealerships, recyclers and repair facilities.

The program combines the EV battery recycling infrastructure and technologies of Ascend with the collection, logistics and tracking capabilities of Call2Recycle and offers online access to GreenTraxEV, an all-in-one cloud-based platform from Call2Recycle that aids in the shipping of midlife, end-of-life and damaged-defective batteries.

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Working together, the companies hope to collect and recycle the equivalent of over 300,000 EV battery packs by 2030.

“We are pleased to continue our partnership with Ascend Elements so that together we can make strides in building an infrastructure for electric vehicle battery transportation and recycling,” Call2Recycle CEO Leo Raudys says. “Our commercial agreement will enable a convenient collection process through our state-of-the-art GreenTraxEV logistics platform.”

GreenTraxEV leverages Microsoft Dynamics and Microsoft Power Platform to streamline the scheduling, routing and logistics of EV battery management. Ascend and Call2Recycle say they can tailor the GreenTraxEV workflow to meet the specific needs of any customer.

“We’re excited to expand our partnership with Call2Recycle and offer a comprehensive EV battery recycling and tracking program to our customers,” Ascend Chief Commercial Officer Ian Braime says. “This new program will help automotive dealerships, repair shops and recyclers prepare for the wave of EV batteries that is expected in the coming years.”

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The partners say the program supports customers with lithium-ion batteries from EVs, plug-in hybrid and hybrid vehicles, electric buses and aircraft, stationary energy storage units, outdoor power equipment, e-bikes and scooters, hoverboards and power tools.

With the capacity to process 30,000 metric tons per year, Ascend’s battery recycling facility in Covington, Georgia, is one of the largest EV battery recycling facilities in North America.