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GM, Redwood Materials ink MoU for US-built battery storage

By Tim RileyPosted on July 17, 2025Posted in decarbonisation, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, ev charging, general motors, gm, News, redwood energy, redwood materials, Renewables

General Motors (GM) has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Redwood Materials to boost collaboration on battery energy storage systems (BESS). Under the collaboration, GM will use second-life batteries from its EV range to develop new BESS units with Redwood Energy, while also manufacturing new batteries for this purpose. This announcement comes just weeks […]

Redwood launches second-life EV battery energy storage, partnership for AI data centre microgrid

By Tim RileyPosted on June 30, 2025Posted in battery recycling, business, electric vehicles, energy storage, EV batteries, News, redwood energy, redwood materials, second life ev

Ex-Tesla CTO’s battery recycling and materials company Redwood Materials has launched a new business unit to repurpose second-life EV batteries for energy storage. Redwood Materials, launched by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, through its new offering, Redwood Energy, has entered into a strategic partnership with Crusoe, a vertically-integrated AI infrastructure provider, to develop a microgrid […]