Downstream certification

Audi AG is the first downstream user of aluminium to be certified against ASI’s Performance Standard, with a focus on the material stewardship of aluminium components for and assembling of high-voltage batteries C-BEV for the Audi e-tron at their Neckarsulm, Györ and Brussels manufacturing sites. Batteries are a critical technology for the rapidly growing electric vehicles market from a sustainability perspective: their performance determines the car’s range and they can be re-used in stationary applications, then finally recycled after their life as a vehicle battery is over.  Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) today announced the first certification issued to an ‘Industrial…