Jaguar Land Rover – Battery Automated Disassembly For Optimised Repair & Circular Economy (BADFORCE)
Developing manufacturing solutions focused on supporting in-production rework and repair of EV battery packs.
Developing manufacturing solutions focused on supporting in-production rework and repair of EV battery packs by enabling the swapping of their internal cell-stacks, enabling reduced component and material waste during production and will unlock a re-purposing circular scenario for the cell-stacks.
BADFORCE aims to equip the UK automotive sector with the capability to enable the safe, non-destructive disassembly of high-value EV battery packs. This will support the reuse and repurposing of battery components, reducing waste and extending the life of critical materials. By facilitating circular applications, such as the integration of repurposed batteries into energy storage systems for renewable energy, BADFORCE is aligned with the UK industrial strategy supporting sustainable car manufacturing while also unlocking wider circular economy models.
Project highlights:
- Developing an automated cell prototype enabling in-production rework and repair of battery packs used in JLR electric vehicles.
- Demonstrating the integration of cell-stacks resulting from the disassembly of JLR packs, into large-scale battery-based green energy storage solutions.
- Helping unlock sustainable and economically viable non-end-of-life pathways for battery packs while also enabling end-of-life re-use scenarios for cell-stacks.
Project consortium:
- Jaguar Land Rover
- University of Warwick
- Wykes Engineering Co.