The report “Resource-Efficient Battery Life Cycles – Driving Electric Mobility with the Circular Economy” is the central result of the work of the Traction Batteries working group of the @Circular Economy Initiative Deutschland. By discussing the potentials, hurdles and possible conflicting goals of a #CircularEconomy for traction batteries, outlining a target vision, developing three pilot project outlines to accelerate the transformation process and deriving recommendations for action for the central actors, the members support the initiation and long-term anchoring of a #CE in Germany and beyond. We are proud to have contributed to this comprehensive and important topic!