'The effect is going to be huge': Formula E races ahead with battery recycling deal

Michael Holder
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EXCLUSIVE: Electric racing championship partners with Belgian firm Umicore to recycle 80 car batteries from its first two race seasons

Formula E has unveiled plans to recycle the electric car batteries which powered the first two seasons of the global racing championship in a move it hopes will help boost the nascent market for EV battery...

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