{"id":23417,"date":"2023-11-17T18:12:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T18:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/?p=23417"},"modified":"2026-01-21T07:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:59:11","slug":"old-toyota-prius-hybrids-recycled-for-new-electric-vehicle-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/old-toyota-prius-hybrids-recycled-for-new-electric-vehicle-batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Toyota Prius Hybrids Recycled For New Electric Vehicle Batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Redwood Materials and Toyota are joining forces to turn 20-year-old Prius vehicles into new EV batteries. RM is a battery recycling startup run by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota will also source cathode active materials and anode copper foil from RM for its upcoming $14 billion North Carolina battery manufacturing plant. Together, these two components account for the majority of the cost of a battery cell and yet are manufactured entirely overseas. They\u2019re then imported to America for final battery cell assembly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>RM is now focused on manufacturing the cathode active materials and anode copper foil in the U.S. For Toyota\u2019s products, RM is targeting a minimum of 20% recycled nickel, 20% recycled lithium, and 50% recycled cobalt, in the cathode and 100% recycled copper in the anode copper foil.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/california-evs-to-follow-standard-diagnostic-system-by-2026\/\">SEE ALSO: CALIFORNIA EVS TO FOLLOW STANDARD DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM BY 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first Prius, model NHW10 went on sale on December 10, 1997 in Japan. It was the world\u2019s first mass-produced gas-electric hybrid. By 2000, over 37,000 Prius vehicles were produced. The Prius NHW11was sold in the U.S. in 2000. By 2011, Prius sales in the U.S. reached one million. 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