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FOR THE BMW i8 WE NOT ONLY

PIONEER NEW MATERIALS, WE ALSO

TAKE CARE OF THEIR RECYCLING.

Recycling is a given at BMW i. Excess material from carbon 󷴲ber pro-

duction, carbon components and body parts, for instance, are valu-

able materials. That’s why they are either reused as secondary raw

materials for the in-house BMW i production cycle or recycled for other

automotive and non-automotive applications. At the start of production

for a BMW i8, more than 5% of the carbon 󷴲ber required is already

recycled material. Together with its partners, BMW i is pioneering closed

loops for up to 100% of carbon 󷴲ber from production residues or end-

of-life vehicles.

The BMW Group is always looking for innovative solutions, and this is

also the case when it comes to recycling high-voltage batteries. For

example, the batteries could serve as temporary storage cells for rene-

wable energy. A particularly effective application is to use the batteries

to store solar and wind energy so that generated power can be used

when it is actually needed.

04. RECYCLING

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