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Connected Energy celebrates £15m funding boost for EV battery recycling vision

James Murray and Cecilia Keating

17 June 2022 • 2 min read

Matthew Lumsden, CEO at Connected Energy / Credit: Connected Energy

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Matthew Lumsden, CEO at Connected Energy / Credit: Connected Energy

Caterpillar and Volvo among group of big name investors to back plans to turn EV batteries into large scale energ storage arrays

UK clean tech start-up Connected Energy has today announced it has secured £15m from a group of five leading investors in support of its plans to convert used electric vehicle (EV) batteries into commercial...

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