The company using written-off Tesla batteries to power construction sites
25 June 2025
UK-based Allye Energy is repurposing salvaged Tesla battery packs to create mobile fast-charging units for construction sites — giving EV batteries a meaningful second life, cutting diesel emissions on jobsites and enabling the company to compete in terms of cost with its Chinese competitors. Chief operations officer Alistair McNeil, tells Lucy Barnard, how they are doing it.
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Alistair McNeil, chief operations officer of battery technology start-up Allye, is not inclined to mince his words. “If we’re shredding batteries that have got usable energy left in them,” he says, “then I’m afraid we all want lining up and shooting. It’s not on. It’s not good.”
The forthright Brit…
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