According to the German startup, the material produced at Cylib’s pilot plant using its proprietary OLiC technology meets stringent specification requirements. The material has now been qualified by a large, unnamed international battery manufacturer, a critical step towards using recycled lithium carbonate in new electric vehicle batteries. Cylib’s OLiC technology (Optimised Lithium and Graphite Recovery) is a water-based process designed to recover lithium and graphite from production waste and black mass. This process specifically yields lithium hydroxide, the preferred form of lithium for most electric vehicle battery manufacturers. This funding will double the plant’s planned total capacity to 60,000 tonnes per year – equivalent to 140,000 electric vehicle batteries.