New Regulation on Recycle and Utilization of Power Battery of New Energy Vehicle

Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, and the Bureau of Energy issued the "Interim Measures for the Recovery and Utilization of New Energy Vehicle power battery Management"(hereinafter referred to as the "Measures"). Automobile production enterprises are required to establish power battery recovery channels, responsible for the recovery of new energy vehicles after the use and scrap of used power batteries.

In recent years, the amount of new energy vehicle market in China has increased day by day, and the amount of power battery used as the core of new energy vehicle has risen. The service life of a power cell is generally 5 to 8 years. Industry insiders expect that starting in 2018, the first domestic car power batteries entering the market will soon usher in the "scrap tide."

The "Measures" promulgated this time proposed that battery manufacturers should collaborate with automobile manufacturers to encode the power batteries produced according to national standards, and automobile manufacturers should record the corresponding information of the encoding of new energy vehicles and their power batteries. Battery production enterprises and automobile production enterprises shall timely upload power battery coding and new energy vehicle related information through the traceability information system.

The "Measures" require automobile manufacturers to establish power battery recovery channels to be responsible for the recovery of used power batteries generated after the use and scrapping of new energy vehicles.

(1) An automobile production enterprise shall establish a collection service outlet, which shall be responsible for collecting used power batteries, centralizing them for storage and handing them over to the relevant enterprises that cooperate with it under agreement.

The collection service outlets shall follow the principle of facilitating transfer, collection, storage and transportation, comply with the relevant provisions of the local urban planning and fire protection, environmental protection and safety departments, and Mark indicative information at prominent locations of business premises.

(2) to encourage automobile production enterprises, battery production enterprises, scrap automobile recycling and dismantling enterprises and comprehensive utilization enterprises to jointly build and share recycling channels for used power batteries through various forms.

(3) To encourage automobile manufacturers to provide convenient and fast recycling services to owners of new energy vehicles in various ways, and to increase their incentives to transfer used power batteries through such measures as repurchasing, replacing old with new ones, and granting subsidies.

If the used power battery is handed over to another unit or individual and the power battery is dismantled or dismantled without authorization, thus leading to environmental pollution or safety accidents, it shall bear corresponding responsibilities.

The Ministry of Industry and Informatization, in conjunction with the competent national standardization department, shall study and formulate technical standards for the recycling and utilization of power batteries such as disassembly, packaging and transportation, energy residue detection, ladle utilization, material recovery, safety and environmental protection, and establish a system of standards for the recycling and utilization of power batteries.

The "Measures" have been implemented since August 1, 2018.

Some experts estimate that the recycling market for used power cells can reach 5 billion yuan in 2018, and it is expected to increase to more than 10 billion yuan in 2020.

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