Porsche is producing electric vehicle (EV) battery cells with cathode materials derived entirely from recycled lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese.
As reported by Motor1 on Thursday (September 17th local time), the battery cells are produced on a pilot line operated in conjunction with Cylib, a German recycling specialist, and are currently undergoing operational testing.
Porsche calls the production of these battery cells a technological milestone, as the use of recycled materials becomes increasingly important in the company's battery development plans.
The Porsche and Cylib high-voltage battery recycling pilot project was launched in 2025 and has already passed the laboratory experimentation stage.
Since May 2026, end-of-life high-voltage batteries collected from Porsche Centers across Germany have been processed through Cylib's water-based recycling method.
These batteries will no longer be stored or shipped for the purpose of recovering their raw materials.
"With battery cells made entirely from recycled raw materials like lithium and cobalt, we have achieved a significant technological milestone," said Joachim Scharnagl, Porsche Executive Board Member in charge of procurement.
Every gram of recovered material is recorded through a system the company calls a dedicated material account. This system is used to separately track recycled lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese.
Cylib Co-CEO Dr. Lilian Schwich said the partnership encompasses the battery recycling process, from end-of-life batteries to recovered raw materials.
The challenge in this process is not only extracting the metals but also producing material pure enough to be reused in cathode production.
Porsche said the recovered raw materials will be used to support the production of new battery cells starting in 2028.