Renault’s AutoLOOP platform integrates used EV batteries
TFIN launched its online platform AutoLOOP last year to streamline the collection of valuable materials such as polypropylene, copper, platinum group metals, aluminium, and others from end-of-life vehicles. The service has now been expanded to include the collection of electric vehicle (EV) batteries. With this move, AutoLOOP aims to become the central platform for recycling materials and batteries, suitable for all end-of-life vehicle centres – offering a competitive solution with full traceability.
“Professionalisation and digitalisation of materials and battery collection: that is our purpose. AutoLOOP is a unique platform designed to improve the recovery of end-of-life vehicles, ensuring simplicity, competitiveness and traceability,” says Antoine Chéreau, Business Developer at TFIN.
AutoLOOP ensures compliance with the new European regulation on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), which requires automotive manufacturers, from August 2025, to finance collection efforts, ensure traceability, and actively contribute to the recycling of traction batteries for electric vehicles.
In this process, end-of-life vehicle centres first collect all types of vehicles—whether petrol, diesel, electric, or hybrid. Fluids are drained, heavy metals and refrigerants are removed, and pyrotechnic components such as airbags or seatbelt pretensioners are neutralised. In the case of electric vehicles, the traction battery is also removed. Afterwards, the end-of-life vehicle centre submits a collection request via AutoLOOP for batteries and other materials intended for reuse.
Following collection, the batteries are transported to specialised facilities operated by TFIN and its partners. There, the batteries are discharged, dismantled, and recycled in accordance with European legislation. According to the company, AutoLOOP meets the requirements for closed-loop battery recycling and ensures the recovery of strategic metals for reuse in new batteries.
The Renault Group made recycling a top priority in 2022 and founded TFIN with the aim of ‘the European leader in the circular economy for cars by 2030’. EV batteries were always intended to play a key role in this strategy, as now demonstrated by their integration into AutoLOOP. At the end of 2024, Renault brought the waste management and recycling group Suez on board at TFIN, which acquired a 20 per cent stake.
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