BEST Magazine 14 April 2026

TREASoURcE assesses second-life potential for EV batteries as BESS

Why It Matters for ITAD

New technologies may create opportunities or challenges for equipment processing.

TREASoURcE, an EU-funded research initiative, has examined whether end-of-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries can be repurposed for stationary energy storage, highlighting both the technical feasibility and the remaining barriers to large-scale deployment. According to the TREASoURcE project, by the end of 2025 there were nearly 8.5 million battery electric vehicles across Europe, spanning passenger cars,…