Ascend partners with Atlanta company to manage logistics for emerging electric vehicle battery recycling empire

As Ascend Elements builds billions of dollars worth of electric vehicle battery recycling facilities in America and Europe, the Westborough company has signed a deal with an Atlanta logistics organization to handle the flow of these materials.

The collaborative effort will utilize Ascend’s electric vehicle recycling capabilities and technologies and the collection, logistics and tracking capabilities of Atlanta-based nonprofit Call2Recycle, according to a joint press release Tuesday . The organizations expect more than 300,000 electric vehicle batteries circulating in the system by 2030.

“This new program will help auto dealers, repair shops and recyclers prepare for the wave of electric vehicle batteries expected in the coming years,” Ian Braime, chief commercial officer of Ascend Elements, said in the release. .

The program will allow automotive dealers, recyclers and repair facilities to digitally access Call2Recycle’s GreenTraxEV, a customizable cloud-based electric vehicle battery shipping platform used to streamline battery planning, routing and logistics management mid-life, end-of-life and damaged. -defective EV batteries.

The announcement specifically mentions Ascend’s $50 million electric vehicle battery recycling plant in Georgia as part of the partnership, although the company is building facilities around the world, including its billion-dollar, million-square-foot facility in Kentucky, which is expected to be managed by the U.S. arm of British firm Ernst & Young.

In September, Ascend formed a joint venture with South Korean ecoplant SK to build a $65 million, 100,000-square-foot lithium-ion battery recycling facility near Kentucky’s $1 billion facility, and in April, Ascend partnered with Elemental Strategic. Metals from Poland to build two European battery recycling plants. Ascend is led by CEO Mike O’Kronley.