FOR THE BMW i8 WE NOT ONLY
PIONEER NEW MATERIALS, WE ALSO
TAKE CARE OF THEIR RECYCLING.
Recycling is a given at BMW i. Excess material from carbon ber pro-
duction, carbon components and body parts, for instance, are valu-
able materials. That’s why they are either reused as secondary raw
materials for the in-house BMW i production cycle or recycled for other
automotive and non-automotive applications. At the start of production
for a BMW i8, more than 5% of the carbon ber required is already
recycled material. Together with its partners, BMW i is pioneering closed
loops for up to 100% of carbon ber from production residues or end-
of-life vehicles.
The BMW Group is always looking for innovative solutions, and this is
also the case when it comes to recycling high-voltage batteries. For
example, the batteries could serve as temporary storage cells for rene-
wable energy. A particularly effective application is to use the batteries
to store solar and wind energy so that generated power can be used
when it is actually needed.
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