Goodbyecar Corporation (GBC) specializes in upcycling electric vehicles (EV) and made it public that it got official approval from the regulatory sandbox program from the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on October 19, which enables Goodbyecar to manufacture portable power stations, BASTRO, with used EV batteries owned by the Korean government. BASTRO will be the first mass-produced portable power stations with upcycled EV batteries in the world.

Upcycling refers to the process of transforming materials to use them for other purposes than their purposes. EV upcycling is a brand-new market.