Autocirc scales process for dismantling electric vehicles

Autocirc describes itself as a corporate group specialising in circular economy solutions for the automotive industry. With its EV360 platform, the Swedish company now presented a dismantling process specifically designed for electric vehicles. This process aims, among other things, to enable recovered high-voltage batteries to be reused not only in stationary energy storage systems but also directly as replacement batteries in other vehicles.

Autocirc was founded in 2019 and has since grown rapidly. Today, the group comprises 70 companies and over 1,400 employees across Sweden, Norway, Finland, France, Portugal, Germany, and the UK, according to its own figures. Autocirc sees significant potential in the circular automotive spare parts sector. The group-wide EV360 platform is set to provide a standardised process for ‘quality-assured dismantling, testing, and sale of original, reusable EV parts and batteries’. With its introduction, Autocirc is responding to the growing demand for original spare parts for electric vehicles, particularly reusable batteries. At the heart of the process is a detailed procedure description (‘EV360 Protocol’) for handling electric vehicles and batteries.

“Autocirc’s EV360 is a true game-changer for the automotive industry – from insurers and vehicle OEMs to workshops and second-life battery providers,” said Hugues Delval, CEO of Autocirc Group. “Europe’s transition to electric mobility requires EV battery reuse to be safe, cost-effective, and efficient across the entire value chain. Our new EV360™ circular model meets this challenge, enabling the scalable, systematic handling of electric vehicles while creating new opportunities for our customers.”

According to an internal analysis by Autocirc, Europe’s current electric vehicle fleet contains 300 GWh of decommissioned battery capacity – ‘five times more than all grid-scale storage systems installed in 2024 combined’. This highlights the enormous potential of a circular economy in Europe’s EV sector and the need for safe and efficient handling of original EV parts, particularly high-voltage batteries, the company concludes. The new EV360 process addresses this need ‘with proven methods for handling, classification, and traceability, meeting both regulatory requirements and customer expectations’.

According to Autocirc, the newly standardised dismantling system is based on the group’s years of expertise in Norway’s mature electric vehicle market, where the company has long been involved in the dismantling and recycling of electric vehicles, as well as the sale of original reused EV components and batteries.

Source: Information via email, autocirc.com

This article was first published by Cora Werwitzke for electrive’s German edition.