The global adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is driving a surge in the use of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), creating an urgent need for sophisticated recycling techniques to recover valuable materials and manage waste. Particularly, automating the laborintensive disassembly process is critical for scaling up recycling efforts. This study provides a techno-economic evaluation of a robotic line for disassembling EV LIB modules, exploring whether it's more profitable to extend automation to the cell level. Three different EV modules are examined, and several scenarios are proposed, showing that investments in robotic disassembly could be financially sound, particularly with the anticipated rise in end-of-life EV LIBs. The key to profitability lies in disassembling to the cell level, which enables the recovery of more valuable materials and reduces downstream processing requirements. This research offers practical guidelines for automating the disassembly process in line with future waste management demands.

电动汽车 (EV) 的全球普及正在推动锂离子电池 (LIB) 的使用激增，迫切需要先进的回收技术来回收有价值的材料并管理废物。特别是，自动化劳动密集型拆卸过程对于扩大回收工作至关重要。这项研究对用于拆卸电动汽车锂电池模块的机器人生产线进行了技术经济评估，探索将自动化扩展到电池级别是否更有利可图。研究了三种不同的电动汽车模块，并提出了几种方案，表明对机器人拆卸的投资在财务上可能是合理的，特别是考虑到报废电动汽车锂离子电池的预期增长。盈利的关键在于拆卸到电池级别，从而能够回收更有价值的材料并减少下游加工要求。这项研究为根据未来废物管理需求实现拆卸过程自动化提供了实用指南。