Automaker Increases Parts Recycling
Stellantis is adding a third end-of-life vehicle dismantling facility to feed its growing reuse business sparked in large part by autos’ growing lifespans.
Stellantis sells used electric-vehicle batteries to third parties, increasing the volume of the transfers by four times last year, among other parts it recycles.
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Jeep maker Stellantis is increasing its vehicle recycling capabilities with a third dismantling center.
The multinational automaker, with a North American headquarters in Detroit, didn’t name the location of the new facility.
It already has vehicle processing centers in Turin, Italy, which it opened in 2024, and in São Paulo, Brazil, which started operating in August.
Many automakers have been forging programs to recycle vehicles to reuse their parts, including Stellantis and Toyota. Stellantis is using its facilities to recover functional parts to be reused and to recycle those that can’t.
The automaker, for instance, takes engines from dismantled vehicles at the Turin center and supplies them to company Soremo, which uses the aluminum to manufacture ingot molds for making new engines, Stellantis said.
The company also sells used electric-vehicle batteries to third parties, increasing the volume of the transfers by four times last year as its overall circular parts business experienced 51% growth, Stellantis said.
The after-market parts market is growing, largely due to longer vehicle lifespans, the automaker pointed out.
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