Rivian Is Taking Its Battery Recycling Game To The Next Level From manufacturing scrap to batteries that are no longer suitable for EVs, nothing is wasted. InsideEVs · Oct 15
OpenAI's reports into its agents' attack on Hugging Face holds lessons for every company Using AI to monitor agents' "chain of thought" may be insufficient. Access control and monitoring behavior, just as with human employees, is key. Fortune · Sep 1
OpenAI, independent firms publish reports into rogue AI agent attack on Hugging Face. Here's what they say—and what they don't OpenAI said that the difficulty of some of the tasks its AI models were attempting to solve may have produced the 'rogue' behavior that led to the attack on Hugging Face. Fortune · Aug 26
Tesla cofounder JB Straubel’s failed pitch to Elon Musk led to a $1.3 trillion success story JB Straubel was the architect of Tesla’s core tech, but his first pitch to Elon Musk fell flat. Fortune · Jun 24
Tesla cofounder: ‘We should be really worried’ about the U.S. grid as China speeds ahead in the power race The U.S. must build much more power, storage, and better utilize the existing grid in order to keep the AI boom moving at pace, said Tesla cofounder and Redwood Materials boss JB Staubel at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference. Fortune · Jun 9
Rivian's Factory Will Run On Its Own Used EV Batteries Rivian struck a battery recycling deal with Redwood Materials that will see secondhand Rivian batteries turned into stationary energy storage. InsideEVs · Apr 14
Used electric vehicle batteries find new life bolstering the Texas grid A company is repurposing the batteries to store electricity and sell it to the grid when power from wind and solar dwindles. The Texas Tribune · Feb 24
Chuck Negron obituary Singer with a powerful four-octave range whose hits with Three Dog Night included Joy to the World The Guardian - UK · Feb 18
Tesla cofounder leads U.S. ‘urban mines’ to compete with China in battery recycling, critical minerals Redwood Materials is building up the nation's battery recycling capabilities from coast to coast. Fortune · Nov 27, 2025
Tesla Faces A Reality Check Amid Musk’s $1 Trillion Raise Request We also discuss Lucid’s third-quarter earnings and Redwood Materials’ new plant in South Carolina. InsideEVs · Nov 6, 2025
Tesla Co-Founder JB Straubel's Redwood Materials Secures $350 Million In Latest Funding Round Redwood Materials, a battery recycling and energy storage startup based in Nevada, founded by JB Straubel, a Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) co-founder, raised over $350 million in its latest funding round. The company had previously raised $1 billion in Series D funding and is also backed by Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA). Benzinga · Oct 24, 2025
General Motors Has Big Plans For Your Old EV Battery GM and Redwood solve one of the biggest EV sustainability challenges by repurposing old batteries for energy storage instead of sending them to the landfill. InsideEVs · Jul 16, 2025
100,000 EVs Will Retire This Year. What Will Happen To Their Batteries? The second-life EV battery market is on the cusp of explosive growth thanks to companies such as Redwood Materials. InsideEVs · Jun 29, 2025
2,000-GPU data center launches powered exclusively by reusable batteries — 12-megawatt storage system built on hundreds of repurposed EV batteries Redwood Materials repurposed old EV batteries as power storage for a 2,000-GPU data center running solely off renewable energy. Tom’s Hardware · Jun 27, 2025
The Independent UK · May 14, 2025 Reading misery under Dai Yongge finally over as takeover completed for League One club Reading’s nightmarish era under Dai Yongge has finally come to an end
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InsideEVs · Sep 19, 2024 Europe Is In EV Freakout Mode Today on Critical Materials: Europe enters freakout mode over ICE ban, Italy fears it's "self-destructive," and BMW and Redwood team up to recycle batteries
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StockNews.com · Dec 7, 2023 A Closer Look at Ford (F) and Toyota (TM) – Time to Buy, Hold, or Sell? Auto sales are projected to rebound in the upcoming quarters with reduced inflation, better inventory and enhanced supply chain. Considering this, is it wise to invest in Toyota Motor Corporation (TM) and Ford Motor Company (F) now? Keep reading….
Motor1 · Nov 21, 2023 Toyota To Recycle Batteries From Old Hybrids For Use In New Cars The battery of your first-gen Prius could end up in a, say, new Camry.
InsideEVs · Aug 30, 2023 Redwood Materials Raises $1B To Boost Its US Battery Recycling Efforts The funds are in addition to the nearly $1 billion of previously raised equity capital and a $2 billion loan commitment from the Department of Energy.
InsideEVs · May 10, 2023 Rad Power Is Working With Redwood Materials To Recycle E-Bike Batteries North American e-bike specialist Rad Power Bikes has teamed up with Redwood Materials to recycle e-bike batteries.
InsideEVs · Mar 6, 2023 JB Straubel's Redwood Materials Secures $2 Billion DOE Loan The DOE’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program has been virtually inactive for years, but now it's doing its part for the future of EVs.
The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023 Battery recycling firm wins $2B loan from Energy Department A Nevada company that recycles batteries for electric vehicles has won a $2 billion green energy loan from the Biden administration