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A new battery recycling facility will deepen Kentucky's ties to the electric vehicle sector
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This undated photo provided by Ascend Elements shows a team member loading used electric vehicle battery modules onto a massive shredder at the Ascend Elements battery recycling facility in Covington, Ga. A recycling facility will be built in Hopkinsville, Ky., to shred electric vehicle batteries in a $65 million venture between American and South Korean companies — Ascend Elements and SK ecoplant, respectively — that will supply material for a separate battery-related operation in the same town, the companies announced Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. - photo by Ascend Elements via AP
A recycling facility will be built in Kentucky to shred electric vehicle batteries in a $65 million venture between American and South Korean companies that will supply material for a separate battery-related operation in the same town, the companies announced Tuesday. The 100,000-square-foot (9,000-square meter) EV battery recycling facility to be built in Hopkinsville will create about 60 jobs, according to U.S.-based Ascend Elements, which is partnering with South Korea-based SK ecoplant and its electronic-waste recycling subsidiary, TES, on the project. Construction is set to begin in November and be completed in January 2025.