Research project seeks to utilize a new process for recovering critical battery materials Process can be used on end-of-life automotive batteries as well as manufacturing scrap ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Motor North America ('Toyota') announces that it has entered a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory to investigate the development of a direct recycling process for lithium- ion batteries, which a ...