LFP growth makes battery chemistry and target outputs central to recycling design
Changing chemistry in the global electric-car market informs recycling-route assessment.
Source facts
IEA's Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2025 reports that LFP accounts for nearly half of the global electric-car market, compared with less than 10% in 2020. More than 98% of LFP cathode material and cell production is in China.
These are global market and supply-chain figures, not an identification of a particular retired-battery batch or proof of a recycling route's profitability.