Ford, Volvo Join Redwood In EV Battery Recycling Push In California

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On Thursday, Redwood Materials mentioned it might work instantly with sellers and dismantlers in California to establish and recuperate end-of-life battery packs. The supplies in these packs can be recovered and recycled at Redwood Materials services in northern Nevada.

Ford Motor and Geely Automobile’s Volvo Cars will be part of battery recycling startup Redwood Materials in creating processes, beginning in California, to gather end-of-life batteries from electrical and hybrid autos and recuperate the supplies to be used in new batteries, the businesses mentioned Thursday. Redwood Materials, co-founded by former Tesla govt JB Straubel, fashioned an earlier partnership final fall with Ford to develop a “closed loop” or round provide chain for electrical car (EV) batteries, from uncooked supplies to recycling.

On Thursday, Redwood Materials mentioned it might work instantly with sellers and dismantlers in California to establish and recuperate end-of-life battery packs. The supplies in these packs can be recovered and recycled at Redwood Materials services in northern Nevada.

US automakers Ford and General Motors Co (GM) have mentioned the battery recycling effort is essential in efforts to develop a home provide chain to fulfill rising EV demand.

GM and battery associate LG Energy Solutions final yr introduced a partnership with startup Li-Cycle to recycle battery scrap materials from Ultium Cells, the GM-LG three way partnership that’s constructing battery crops in Ohio, Tennessee and Michigan.

Redwood Materials has comparable partnerships with battery makers Panasonic in Nevada and Envision AESC in Tennessee, in addition to with Amazon. Ford and Amazon are among the many traders in Redwood Materials.

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