Status
Operational: status carried from the legacy record
Process: refurbishment. Capacity: 3,000 t/yr (Legacy figure; not re-verified).
Stellantis second-life PHEV battery refurbishment; Metz France; PSA and FCA PHEV packs primary input; commercial real estate and fleet depot BESS target market.
Customers and offtakers: Fleet operators / commercial RE.
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | Stellantis Free2Move |
| Plant | Metz Second Life Hub |
| City | Metz |
| State or province | Moselle |
| Country | France |
| Type | Second life |
| Process | refurbishment |
| Output stage | repurposed packs |
| Input chemistries | NMC (PSA/FCA PHEV packs) |
| Output products | Refurbished BESS |
| Capacity (t/yr input) | 3000 |
| Capacity basis | Legacy figure; not re-verified |
| Status | operational |
| Status note | Status carried from the legacy record; not re-verified |
| Scale | commercial |
| Start year | 2023 |
| Investment (US$ billion) | 0.1 |
| Customers and offtakers | Fleet operators / commercial RE |
| OEM partnerships | Stellantis (captive) |
| Under EU Battery Regulation | Yes |
| Geopolitical exposure | LOW |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
In context
Where it fits
Listed in EV Battery Recycling Facilities; owner profile: Stellantis. Recyclers are compared on where they stop: shredding to black mass, smelting to alloy, or refining to battery-grade salts that go back into cathode plants; only refining keeps the metal in the region. See Battery Recycling for the process and the market.
| Plant | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Flins Re-Factory (Renault Re-Factory) | France | operational |
| Viviez Recycling Plant (SNAM) | France | operational |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Metz Second Life Hub (Stellantis Free2Move)
- Sources
- ElectronsX recycling dataset; company disclosures
- Updated
- 2026-10