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Prototype facility in Berlin uses Kia Soul EV battery modules to provide 72kWh of energy storage

Kia Europe has announced a tie-up with German start-up Encore to reuse electric car batteries for energy storage.

The two firms’ first energy storage facility at the Euref campus in Berlin uses 24 former-Kia Soul EV battery modules to provide a total 72kWh of capacity.