EV & Battery Manufacturing worked example

Battery Scrap Cost at 110% unrecoverable scrap share: a worked example

This scenario runs the battery scrap cost calculation on the strong side: 110% unrecoverable scrap share, with every other input held at its documented default. a battery plant needs to value rejected cells, modules, or packs from a production shift, launch issue, or supplier defect

The inputs for this scenario

  • Scrapped battery units: 380 cells/modules/packs (unchanged)
  • Cost per scrapped unit: 42 $ / unit (unchanged)
  • Unrecoverable scrap share: 110 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 100)
  • Fixed containment/disposal cost: 3,500 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Variable battery scrap cost = scrapped units × cost per unit × unrecoverable scrap share) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 21,056 $ for total battery scrap cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 55.41 $ / unit for scrap cost per affected unit.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 17,556 $ for variable battery scrap cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3,500 $ for fixed containment/disposal cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where unrecoverable scrap share sits at 100% and the headline result is 19,460 $, this scenario comes in 8.2% above the baseline at 21,056 $.
  • Use it after a formation, aging, or end-of-line reject event, or weekly to roll up cell, module, and pack scrap into a single cost figure for the value stream. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Total battery scrap cost: 21,056 $ (headline result)
  • Scrap cost per affected unit: 55.41 $ / unit
  • Variable battery scrap cost: 17,556 $
  • Fixed containment/disposal cost: 3,500 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Battery Scrap Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.