IEA-HEV (task 52) “Electric Vehicles and Circularity”

Task 52 aims to analyse, discuss, and document the main challenges and opportunities for electric vehicles and their different components towards reaching circularity.

The topic of circularity is of critical importance when considering the future of the Electric Vehicle (EV) industry, especially when thinking of the wider environmental impacts.

In the task recommendations and actions to reach circularity of EVs for decisions makers and stakeholders in industry, government and research are identified and documented.

The task starts with an analysis of the current aspects of circularity issues of EVs today, and then potential future developments to increase circularity will be analysed and assessed.