Redwood Materials is Building an Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Facility in South Carolina

Electric vehicle battery recycling startup Redwood Materials announced its building a battery recycling facility in South Carolina. The facility will support the region’s emergence as a growing EV and battery manufacturing hub. The company collects end-of-life batteries and extracts valuable raw materials such as nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium, which are then used to manufacture cathode and anode materials for new batteries.

Eric Walz2022-12-14 12:25 PT

Ford to Partner with Tesla Co-founder’s New Startup Redwood Materials on EV Battery Recycling & U.S. Supply Chain

​Ford Motor Company and EV battery recycling startup Redwood Materials, a company founded by Tesla co-founder J.B. Straubel, announced a new partnership to build out a electric vehicle battery recycling operation and establish a domestic battery supply chain. Ford and Redwood’s collaboration will integrate battery recycling into Ford’s domestic EV battery strategy, as the automaker develops more purely electric vehicles.

Eric Walz2021-10-29 07:00 PT

Tesla Plans to Add EV Components Recycling Facilities at its Shanghai Factory

Electric automaker Tesla plans to build facilities for recycling battery cells and other electric vehicle components such as electric motors at its factory in Shanghai, according to a document submitted by Tesla to authorities in Shanghai. Chief Executive Elon Musk said at the company's Battery Day event in Sept 2020 that he was looking at recycling batteries to supplement the supply of raw materials, including nickel and cobalt as Tesla increases its annual vehicle production.

Eric Walz2021-06-02 10:30 PT

Tesla Co-founder Plans to Be the World's Top Battery Recycler With New Venture

J.B. Straubel, co-founded electric automaker Tesla with Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning and also served as the company’s first Chief Technical Officer, has big plans for his new battery recycling startup Redwood Materials. Speaking at the TechCrunch Mobility Sessions conference this week, Straubel said he wants to build Redwood Materials into the world’s top battery recycling company and one of the largest battery materials companies.

Eric Walz2020-11-14 09:00 PT