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Rivian expands Redwood Materials deal to recycle EV batteries, store energy
Rivian expanded its partnership with Redwood Materials, announced Wednesday. Redwood will handle battery scrap from Rivian's manufacturing and retired packs collected through the automaker's nationwide service network. Before recycling, Redwood will evaluate whether each pack retains enough capacity for stationary energy storage, either at Rivian facilities or other locations. Packs that do not qualify will be recycled to recover materials.…
- Redwood will handle Rivian's manufacturing scrap and retired packs nationwide
- Qualifying packs will feed a planned 10 MWh storage system in Normal, Illinois
- Redwood recovers more than 95% of lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper
🔎 Why it matters: The expansion covers manufacturing scrap and retired packs from Rivian's service network, and ties into the 10 MWh Normal, Illinois plan announced in April as Rivian prepares the R2 SUV.
📈 Upside: Packs with sufficient capacity get a second life in storage before recycling and, according to the source, could help reduce electricity costs at the Normal plant.
📉 Risk: Only packs that pass the capacity evaluation are reused; the rest go to recycling, so the volume of second-life packs depends on that evaluation.
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