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Redwood Materials Expands EV Battery Recycling Operations
11/1/2025
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Story summary
- Redwood Materials aims to grow its electric-vehicle battery recycling, which currently accounts for 25% of operations.
- Redwood Materials was founded by JB Straubel in 2017 and processes batteries from cars to recover lithium and cobalt.
- A team from Huazhong University claims to have developed a method that restores battery materials.
- Redwood Materials' Nevada facility is pivotal for a domestic battery-material supply, reducing mining reliance.
