
ANN ARBOR, MI
Toyota announced today that Toyota Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA), inclusive of Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) R&D, has been selected to receive $4.5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The funding is part of the Catalyzing Innovative Research for Circular Use of Long-lived Advanced Rechargeables (CIRCULAR) Program, designed to support a circular domestic supply chain for electric vehicle (EV) batteries.
TEMA’s Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA) division will administer the project – Development of an Autonomous Robotic Disassembly Process for Applications in Battery Pack Circularity – in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Baker Hughes’ inspection technology product line, Waygate Technologies to pursue the project goals.
This project aims to develop an industry-relevant template for a 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) facility of the future. The goal is to help resolve the primary bottlenecks in current battery supply chain circularity, which are the automation of battery pack disassembly, data-driven battery classification, and addressing cell degradation.
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