audi partners with a start-up to recycle electric batteries for e-rickshaws

audi and nunam recycle electric batteries for e-rickshaws Audi has partnered with German–Indian start-up Nunam to recycle the electric car batteries it used from test vehicles in the Audi e-tron test fleet. A second life for electric car batteries, Audi and Nunam explore modules made with high-voltage batteries that can be reused after their car life cycle and become a viable second-life use case. Nunam developed the three prototypes in collaboration with the training team at Audi’s Neckarsulm site, which is also considered an engine of intercultural exchange. The non-profit start-up based in Berlin and Bangalore is funded by the Audi Environmental Foundation, and this is the first joint project between both AUDI AG and the Audi Environmental Foundation in addition to Nunam. Prodip Chatterjee, Nunam’s co-founder, notes that the old batteries are still powerful when used…

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