A marketplace connecting sellers and buyers of pre-loved electric vehicle batteries, offering real‑time pricing, state-of-health data, logistics (dismantling, storage, shipping) and blockchain-based traceability to keep batteries in circulation.
Circularity Relevance
Core
The platform's primary purpose is to enable resale/second‑life for EV batteries and to ensure traceability, which is a core circular economy use-case. Source: CELLZ website, 2024
Circular Role
DirectEnabler
CELLZ matches battery sellers and buyers and offers logistics handling (dismantle, ship, store), indicating it directly enables circular flows rather than only supplying tools. Source: CELLZ website, 2024
Circular Type
Marketplace
• Products
• B2B
• B2C
Multi‑party marketplace for physical goods (used EV batteries). Matchmaking appears to serve both businesses (recyclers, dealers, scrap yards) and individual owners. Source: CELLZ website, 2024.
R Strategy
R3 - Reuse, R8 - Recycle
Site text states batteries will have their life 'extended' (reuse/second‑life, R3) or 'made into new batteries again' (recycling/R8). The precise balance between reuse, refurbishment, remanufacture and recycling is not fully specified on the website. Source: CELLZ website, 2024
Circular Business Model
Resale / Second-hand, Circular Logistics
Primary function is a marketplace for resale/second‑hand batteries; the platform also organises dismantling, storage and shipping (reverse/circular logistics). Source: CELLZ website, 2024
Organisational Type
ForProfit
Commercial marketplace model with paid transactions implied; LinkedIn company listing further indicates a for‑profit organisational structure. Source: CELLZ website, 2024, Source: LinkedIn
Primary focus on electric vehicle batteries (automotive), with explicit partnerships for recycling and end‑of‑life handling mentioned on the site. Source: CELLZ website, 2024
Geographical Reach
International
• United Kingdom
Website describes partners across recycling, storage, logistics and (per LinkedIn job listing) activity targeting buyers across Europe; no single HQ region declared on site. Set to International with medium confidence. Source: CELLZ website, 2024, Source: LinkedIn
Hardware Component
None
CELLZ relies on digital traceability (blockchain) and QR codes for battery identification but does not appear to supply or require specialised physical hardware to operate the marketplace. Evidence from product pages and 'QR code' mention. Source: CELLZ website, 2024
Tech Map Relevance
CELLZ operates a digital marketplace that directly enables reuse and traceability of end-of-life EV batteries - a clear circular economy enabler (evidence: company website and LinkedIn). Source: CELLZ website, 2024
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