Tesla Motors will develop a special program for the recycling of batteries with the help of materials technology company Umicore. This Brussels-based company will be responsible for recycling battery packs fitted on Tesla's models sold in Europe. In particular, Umicore will use the battery materials to build an alloy transformed later into cobalt, nickel and other metals. The cobalt will be used to obtain high grade lithium cobalt oxide, a material that other battery manufacturers could use.
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