University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) is to partner electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors in a research partnership targeting battery manufacturing.
The five year agreement will begin with seeing UNLV scientists and engineers working at Tesla’s Nevada-based Gigafactory, which was opened last year. The teams will be looking to enhance manufacturing processes, with one focusing on water recycling while the other researching the recycling of lithium ion batteries.
The collaboration could see Tesla provide funding of $1m for UNLV research projects over the next five years.
Len Jessup, UNLV president, said: “This is an exciting example of how public-private partnerships can benefit both the commercial and academic communities. Our faculty are performing high calibre research and are enthusiastic about collaborating with a leader in the electrical vehicle manufacturing industry.”
