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Porsche & BASF: Cooperation for Sustainable Lithium Batteries

Chemical giant selected by Cellforce Group as exclusive cell development partner for next-generation high-performance lithium-ion batteries.

Better storage: Porsche is advancing its ambitious projects for its own and sustainable batteries, bringing BASF on board. | Photo: Porsche
Better storage: Porsche is advancing its ambitious projects for its own and sustainable batteries, bringing BASF on board. | Photo: Porsche
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Johannes Reichel

The Cellforce Group, the joint venture between Porsche AG and Customcells Itzehoe GmbH, has chosen the chemical company BASF as a partner for the development of high-energy HED NCM cathode materials for high-performance battery cells. As part of the collaboration, the chemical giant will provide the technology that enables fast charging and high energy density. The Cellforce Group, based in Tübingen, will manufacture the high-performance batteries. Cellforce's production facility is expected to start operations in 2024 with an initial capacity of at least 100 MWh per year, producing batteries for around 1,000 motorsport and high-performance vehicles, according to the Zuffenhausen-based company.

As a global leader in high-performance cathode materials with a strong research and development network, BASF is ideally positioned to contribute to a circular economy in collaboration with partners, Porsche further explains. They refer to the production facilities for cathode material precursors in Harjavalta, Finland, and cathode materials in Schwarzheide, Brandenburg, from which the chemical specialist intends to offer battery materials with an "outstanding" sustainability record starting in 2022.

This will be enabled by responsible and reliable sourcing of raw materials. Additionally, the chemical giant promises the lowest CO2 footprint along the supply chain. Waste from the future battery production facility of the Cellforce Group is to be recycled at BASF's prototype battery recycling plant in Schwarzheide. Lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese are to be recycled in a hydrometallurgical process and reintegrated into the production process for cathode materials.

Translated automatically from German.
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