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Your Next Cadillac Or Chevy EV Could Have A Recycled Battery

General Motors said it is using old, recycled battery materials to power new electric vehicles from Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC.

InsideEVs · Sep 22

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

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

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

InsideEVs · Sep 19, 2024

To Win Nevada, Harris Must Turn Infrastructure Jobs Into Votes

Reno’s building trades unions are mobilizing their members to support the Democratic nominee.

Capital & Main · Sep 10, 2024

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.

Motor1 · Nov 21, 2023