| dc.description.abstract | During the past few years, electric mobility has increasingly flourished. Comparative assessments of both electric vehicles (EVs) and internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) have demonstrated that EVs, compared with ICEVs, can potentially decrease climate and environmental implications in considerable measure when sustainable renewable electricity sources power those vehicles. The aim of this thesis has been to investigate how circular economy strategies can be used in battery manufacturing to reduce emissions and resource consumption. To answer the research question more precisely and narrow down the field of research, several sub-questions were also developed. Morrow Batteries, a Giga scale battery cell manufacturing company, was used as a case study. The method for the research was a qualitative study, and the data for the research was collected from Morrow within the research scope. Further, to identify circular economy strategies for Morrow, the author of this thesis and Morrow elaborated collectively by utilising the Circular Strategy Scanner (Blomsma et al., 2019) as a roadmap. The identified and developed strategies were placed in the Scanner based on their classification and definitions. The findings indicated that to reduce emissions and resource consumption, implementation and consideration of circular economy and circular strategies are prominent. The identified strategies are recycled content, energy efficiency, excess heat, repurposing, reuse and recycling. However, lastly, it must be noted that when identifying strategies, adjustments are imperative to utilise the Scanner, considering that the Circular Strategies Scanner is not explicitly developed for the battery industry. | |