Starting from October 2025, Tilburg runs a EU subsidised project on elongating the battery’s lifespan after being used in a BEV. The city is used as a living lab, facilitating test plots on build sites and as community batteries in neighbourhoods with social challenges. The project leans on the technical revolution of modular encasement with the original batterie casings intact, aiding in optimizing business case and limiting hardware malfunctions. This presentation could be seen as a kickoff to the project, raising awareness quickly on the topic, boosting network and informing specialists that there are ways to work together out of a lab environment.