SEATTLE (Recycling Monster): The U.S. Department of Energy has given Tennessee Tech University a $4.8 million grant to carry out a study that encourages the recycling of electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The grant is a component of the $45 million federal funding round for initiatives that will increase the recycling of EV batteries.

For the past few years, it has been concentrating on local EV research, according to Pingen Chen, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Tennessee Tech. More of this kind of activity is made possible by the state's reasonably priced electricity prices. Additionally, he said, low-income neighborhoods will benefit from electric vehicles since they will result in lower transit expenses.

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With the support of the federal grant, the University will create a unique "mobile preprocessing hub" that may be transported to nearby EV collecting locations, enabling car owners to have their electric vehicle batteries securely disassembled and shredded on-site. According to a news release, it provides the safest, most economical, and most successful method of recycling these batteries at the end of their useful lives.

The Rochester Institute of Technology and businesses like General Motors and Caterpillar are among the other recipients of cash from this round.