UK - Electra Commercial Vehicles Ltd of Blackburn, UK, a company established in 2017 to convert medium and heavy trucks to be fully battery electric, has announced it is to fit a real-time battery monitoring system to all its vehicles as they come off the production line in Blackburn. The battery monitoring service is called Battery Passport and is supplied by CodeSmith Technology Ltd of Otley, UK. The Battery Passport will enable vehicle owners to better understand their batteries and provide a pathway for those batteries to be sold into the second-life market when they reach the end of their vehicle life.

Ben Smith, managing director, Electra Commercial Vehicles, said: "As a responsible vehicle manufacturer, Battery Passport enables Electra to meet its battery recycling responsibilities by diverting batteries away from disposal and into the second-life sector. Our customers directly benefit from the Battery Passport as it secures the batteries residual value, providing a better price to the vehicle owner when the battery is sold into the second-life market."