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Thailand: Recycling for tomorrow’s e-mobility

Blog 10/28/2026

How can Thailand establish a functioning recycling value chain for electric vehicle batteries at an early stage? A new roadmap developed by Oeko-Institut and Agora Verkehrswende sets out the regulatory, institutional and technical conditions that need to be in place in the coming years. In this blog post, Dr Johannes Klinge of Oeko-Institut and Kerstin Meyer of Agora Verkehrswende present the key action areas.

The EU Batteries Regulation – a success for the circular economy

Blog 07/26/2023

The EU Regulation concerning batteries and waste batteries is due to enter into force very soon. The Oeko-Institut conducted research in support of the development process and welcomes the Regulation. In our blog, Dr Hartmut Stahl and Dr Johannes Betz comment on this success.

Lithium mining: The transformation of energy systems should not be achieved at the expense of communities in the Global South

Blog 06/17/2022

Electromobility series: Pia Marchegiani from the argentine foundation FARN explains how resource extraction can impact on indigenous communities.

E-mobility: Resource needs for batteries and the challenges for Europe

09/06/2018

[Translate to English:] With a focus on lithium and cobalt for batteries, Dr Doris Schüler summarises the challenges currently facing the producing countries and looks at developments in Europe.

"eMobility is the right way to go"

08/16/2018

Are electric vehicles the answer to transport-related environmental problems, and is the controversy surrounding them justified? This is the kind of question that Lukas Minnich is often asked about e-mobility. He and his team have compiled a Fact Check to provide some answers.