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Waymo’s spent robotaxi batteries will be used as grid storage

Sean O'Kane

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Transportation

Redwood Materials lays off 10% in restructuring to chase energy storage business

Sean O'Kane

Apr 21, 2026

A rendering of Ascend Elements factory in Kentucky.

Climate

Battery recycler Ascend Elements files for bankruptcy

Tim De Chant

Apr 10, 2026

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Climate

Trump DOE confirms it’s canceling over $700M in manufacturing grants

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Two Redwood Materials employees hold an EV battery pack before it is disassembled.

Climate

GM teams up with Redwood Materials to power data centers with EV batteries

Tim De Chant

Jul 16, 2025

Transportation

Lime’s scooter and e-bike batteries will be recycled by Redwood Materials

Kirsten Korosec

Apr 14, 2025

A large yellow dump truck carries ore out of a pit mine.

Climate

SiTration uses silicon wafers to reclaim critical minerals from mining waste

Tim De Chant

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Cylib staff: left to right: Lilian Schwich (CEO), Dr. Gideon Schwich (COO), Paul Sabarny (CTO)

Climate

Cylib wants to own EV battery recycling in Europe

Rebecca Bellan

May 30, 2024

A worker examines copper at a Redwood Materials factory.

Transportation

Toyota is turning to startup Redwood Materials for critical battery materials

Kirsten Korosec

Nov 16, 2023

A conveyor belt is visible inside Circu Li-ion's battery processing machine.

Climate

Smart upcycling machine dissects batteries to save them

Harri Weber

Oct 23, 2023

Ascend Elements' Kentucky manufacturing campus is under construction.

Climate

Battery recycling heats up with Ascend Elements’ $542M Series D

Harri Weber

Sep 11, 2023

Climate

Redwood Materials raises $1B to expand US battery supply chain

Rebecca Bellan

Aug 29, 2023

Hardware

All new Apple batteries will use 100% recycled cobalt by 2025

Brian Heater

Apr 13, 2023

Two three-months-old lion cubs play at their enclosure at the Wakata Biopark Nature Reserve in Tocancipa Municipality near Bogota, on December 29, 2022.

Climate

Rawr? Green Li-ion recharges with $20.5M to scale its recycling tech

Harri Weber

Mar 17, 2023

Climate

Battery recycling startup Cylib recharges its coffers to go faster

Haje Jan Kamps

Feb 15, 2023

Transportation

Lyft, Redwood Materials partner to recycle shared e-bike and e-scooter batteries

Rebecca Bellan

Nov 23, 2022

Transportation

Redwood Materials to supply Panasonic with cathode material in multibillion-dollar deal

Kirsten Korosec

Nov 15, 2022

Transportation

Audi, Redwood Materials launch recycling program for consumer electronics

Jaclyn Trop

Nov 10, 2022

Transportation

Li-Cycle opens battery recycling plant in Alabama

Jaclyn Trop

Oct 13, 2022

Sarah Fleischer and Dr. Ksenija Milicevic Neumann, tozero’s co-founders

Climate

Just outside of Munich, a startup plans a new process to recycle Lithium-ion batteries

Mike Butcher

Sep 6, 2022

Joe Manchin at the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act

Climate

Manchin’s ultimatum may turn the US into a battery powerhouse

Tim De Chant

Aug 22, 2022

Transportation

Volkswagen, Audi tap Redwood Materials to recycle old EV batteries in US

Kirsten Korosec

Jul 12, 2022

Redwood Materials engineers break down Toyota batteries for recycling

Featured

Battery recycling could be the next investor darling of the EV era

Jaclyn Trop

Jul 11, 2022

Transportation

Volkswagen breaks ground on first of six battery factories

Jaclyn Trop

Jul 7, 2022

Climate

Redwood Materials partners with Toyota to recycle batteries in US

Rebecca Bellan

Jun 21, 2022

Transportation

Ford, Volvo join Redwood Materials to launch free EV battery recycling program in California

Kirsten Korosec

Feb 17, 2022

Transportation

Ford partners with battery recycling and materials startup Redwood Materials amid EV push

Kirsten Korosec

Sep 22, 2021

Startups

Battery Resourcers raises $70M to grow closed-loop battery supply chain

Aria Alamalhodaei

Sep 21, 2021

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