FPT and Reefilla give second life to EV batteries03 August 2023

FPT Industrial and Turin-based startup Reefilla are giving second life to batteries from electric vehicles (EV), particularly the eBS37 model installed in the Iveco eDaily and minibus.

Manufactured by FPT Industrial in its ePowertrain plant in the Italian city, some of the eBS37 batteries will be delivered to Reefilla when they are no longer suitable for powering electric traction. The components will then be installed in Reefilla’s Fillee mobile power banks, for use in recharging its clients’s EVs. By using parts from the eBS37 batteries, Reefilla counts on increasing the charge capacity of its Fillee power banks.

The Fillee power banks, equipped with re-used battery parts, are delivered to clients’s vehicles by a fleet of electric vans, thereby offering a top-up of green power through photovoltaic recharging centres.

Andrea Cugnini, head of FPT Industrial’s ePowertrain business line, said: “In addition to its important consequences in terms of a second life for batteries and sustainability for the entire process, this pilot project with Reefilla demonstrates that multinationals and startups not only can, but indeed must work together to exchange ideas and implement innovative solutions.”

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