News & Insights

Battery sourcing request: Just the beginning of a greater journey

Cling’s new Sourcing Request makes battery sourcing simpler. Built with user feedback, it bridges the gap between supply and demand through instant feedback and flexible search options.

Documentation for the win

In the battery industry, proper documentation isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s crucial for building trust and ensuring frictionless operations. But what happens when it’s overlooked?

Partnering to Strengthen the Second Life Battery Trade

Volytica Diagnostics and Cling Systems are teaming up to boost the safety and value of second-life batteries by combining smart monitoring with streamlined procurement.

Harnessing Large Language Models (LLMs) for complex document processing

Master's theis student Jesper Edström developed an LLM-powered tool to extract and organize data from complex technical documents, streamlining workflows in the battery industry.

Love is in the air as used battery lovers turn to the internet to find their perfect match

Swedish start-up Cling Systems is aiming to run the world’s biggest database for used battery lovers on a dating-like online marketplace that matches buyers and sellers. Andrew Draper found out more.

EU Battery Regulation Impacts with William Bergh

In effect since January 2024, the EU Batteries Regulation brings strict rules that reshape battery supply chains. Cling Systems CEO William Bergh is tackling the challenge with a platform built for circularity.

Battery circularity: a path towards sustainable future with Cling Systems

In this episode of Circular Talks by Dipli, Reynold sits down with William from Cling Systems to discuss the environmental complexities of battery circularity.

How Cling Systems is Transforming Battery Supply Chains with William Bergh

This episode highlights the critical need for battery recycling as electric vehicle (EV) use grows. William Bergh, CEO of Cling Systems, is pioneering efforts to reclaim valuable materials from used batteries, addressing key challenges and pushing for a sustainable, circular economy in energy management.

Vad händer med alla elbilsbatterier?

William Bergh tänkte samma sak, och skapade en av världens största marknadsplatser för begagnade batterier – Cling Systems.

Creating Circularity: How Cling Systems is Leading the Charge in Battery Recycling Innovation

Discover how Cling Systems is leading battery recycling innovation with their award-winning platform. Learn about their comprehensive approach to battery data management, recycling, and material recovery, and how they are transforming the clean energy sector.

Navigating tech specs and the first step in acquiring batteries

When sourcing batteries for repurposing and recycling, the first task is coming to terms with the nitty gritty: a detailed understanding of their technical specifications. At first glance, the technical specifications of a battery might seem straightforward. However, as veterans in the field would attest, this task is anything but. There are many batteries, each possessing unique characteristics. Gathering comprehensive technical data can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. This crucial information is often scattered across numerous PDFs and Excel datasheets in static form, making the quest for comparing spec sheets a real pain and questions like…

Augmented Reality-Assisted Techniques for Sustainable Lithium-Ion EV Battery Dismantling

The increasing adoption of electric vehicles brings forth the challenge: How do we effectively manage the second-life and end-of-life cycles for lithium-ion batteries? Augmented Reality may hold the answer. This thesis explores the development and evaluation of an AR mobile app designed to guide the dismantling process of a Volkswagen ID.4 lithium-ion EV battery.

Where’s your floor at? The blueprint for ESS success

William Godfrey, CEO of Twist, and Eden Yates, Market Lead at Cling Systems, highlight the challenges and opportunities in Energy Storage Systems (ESS), emphasizing the importance of a stable pricing floor and streamlined financing. They offer tools to drive investment in ESS.

Enabling scalable trade: How Cling Systems’ platform aims for frictionless battery circularity

Cling Systems Market Lead, Eden Yates, and Head of Product Design, Valentin Loschinin, explain how they enable battery circularity by bringing together supply and demand for 2nd life batteries.

Året startar i snålblåst – rekordlite riskkapital till svenska bolag

Batterikedjans sista länk får snabba cash

Svenska Cling Systems får en kortsiktig finansiering på 14,4 miljoner kronor. Företaget arbetar med återanvändning, återbruk och återvinning av elbilsbatterier.

Cling Systems tar in 14 miljoner till sin marknadsplats för bilbatterier

Fler elbilar innebär fler batterier och Cling vill göra det enklare att både återvinna och återanvända den viktiga komponenten. Nu fyller de kassan för att finansiera tillväxten.

♻️ Cling Systems secures vital funding to propel battery circularity

Cling Systems is a Swedish startup helping companies recycle used electric car batteries. Now they've secured 1.3 million USD in funding.

Bridge Fundraise of 14.4 million SEK (1.3m USD) Completed

Cling Systems Takes Further Steps Towards Enabling Circularity.

Behind the Scenes: The Complexity of Stakeholders and Documentation in Battery Logistics

This article discusses battery logistics documentation, building upon Cling’s previous blog:

Extended Producer Responsibility, Producers, and Economic Operators = A whole greater than the sum

In this latest blog, co-authored by NORMA Advokater and Cling Systems, the meaning and consequences of EPR.

Rooted in Change

In this episode, Cling's Head of Marketing, Eden Yates, delves into the fascinating world of battery reuse and Sweden's growing cluster of battery excellence, patient capital, and startups focusing on circularity.

Press Release: Cling secures funding from the automotive industry

Cling Systems, with founders from Northvolt, Spotify and Volvo Cars, aims to revolutionize the recycling industry. "Our vision is to make the electrical transformation truly sustainable," says William Bergh, founder of Cling Systems.

Conversations in Cleantech

Closing the Electric Vehicle Battery Loop with William Bergh

Mapping EPR for Second-Life EV Batteries: the PRO framework

Cling Systems’ B2B marketplace makes 400MWh of batteries available for second life reuse

Behind the Scenes: The Intricate Logistics of Battery Circularity

The blog addresses the complexities of handling end-of-life lithium-ion batteries, noting safety regulations and paperwork hurdles. It highlights efforts by transportation providers to streamline processes and stresses the importance of a digital infrastructure for circular battery value chains, with Cling Systems contributing.

The Power Current with Chris Berry

Digital gruva för batterimetaller - Consid podd

On Battery Passports - Circularity Secured or a False Dawn?

Top 50 individuals with significant contributions to battery circularity in 2022

EV Batteries – Who controls them? Who owns them?

“Possession is nine-tenths of the law” – a guiding principle when it comes to circular supply chains. Possession and control of EV batteries, however, is very complex. In our latest blog, the considerations that OEMs face when setting and implementing circular strategies are unpacked.

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The hottest startups in Stockholm

On recycling vs second life

Why the promise of sustainable batteries depends on shared data

Transatlantic Climate Dialogue: Climate tech for clean transport

Han är batterikedjans saknade länk

Cling Systems skapar förutsättningar för framtidens batteri- återvinning.

Cling Systems – Optimal Circularity of Batteries

2,3 miljarder till startups i december

Cling Systems vill lösa viktiga frågan för elbilar

First Venture investerar 8,6 Mln kr i Cling Systems

Swedish Tech Weekly

The reverse logistics of li-ion electric vehicle batteries

Revolutionising the EV Battery Recycling Business – Cling Systems CEO William Bergh

"We want to build the world's largest digital mine"

January News Roundup

Tech Dive: Blockchain x Batteries

De är kopplingen mellan säljare och köpare av batterier

Norrsken vill ge startups chans att förändra världen

Start-up story: the circular economy revolution for batteries

Nordic Battery Thursdays

Is there life after death for Europe’s lithium-ion batteries (ENG)

The Home of Impact

On the Inflation Reduction Act, new EU Battery Regulation, and Energy Security

CIRCULAR ECONOMY SMEs across Europe

How does lithium-ion recycling scale up

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