LG Energy Solution has been named an honoree in the Vehicle Tech & Advanced Mobility category of the CES Innovation Awards 2027 for Re.Pulse, a software tool that assesses the state of health (SoH) of used batteries. The company says the tool directs each battery toward reuse, remanufacturing or recycling.
Re.Pulse sends current pulses through a battery and measures the voltage response. It can assess a battery that is still installed in a vehicle or one that has been removed. The company says a reading takes under 10 minutes. Conventional SoH testing requires a full discharge, recharge and discharge cycle that can last more than seven hours. Those tests also treat a battery pack as a single unit, which can hide localised degradation. Re.Pulse evaluates SoH at the cell level, so degraded cells can be identified and repaired or replaced individually instead of scrapping the entire pack.
The software works with standard battery capacity testers and electric vehicle chargers, so it does not require additional dedicated hardware. LG Energy Solution says it could be deployed at electric vehicle maintenance and inspection centres, in fleet operations, in used-battery energy storage projects and on used-vehicle sales platforms. Diagnostic results will be available through web and mobile applications.
The company argues that more precise data could reduce the premature disposal of usable batteries, along with the emissions associated with manufacturing replacements. As electrification expands across sectors, accurate evaluation of batteries after their first use is becoming increasingly important to the economics and sustainability of the battery supply chain.
In a statement, Sanghoon Lee, leader of the Pack/BMS Research Service Solution Department at LG Energy Solution, said: “The CES Innovation Award recognition demonstrates how our deep battery expertise can be combined with software innovation to create new value across the battery lifecycle.” Lee added that the company aims to “unlock greater value from used batteries by enabling more informed second-life decisions.”
LG Energy Solution plans to continue developing battery lifecycle management technologies and expand its Battery-as-a-Service capabilities across diagnostics, management and second-life applications.
The CES Innovation Awards are based on descriptive materials submitted to judges. The Consumer Technology Association, which organises the awards, did not verify the accuracy of the submissions or the claims made, and it did not test the product.
