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Amazon invested in a battery recycling firm started by a former Tesla executive.
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If you've been staying on top of the news lately, it plays well into plans to roll out over 100,000 Rivian delivery vans to service more than 1,000 warehouses across US.
Owners of Rivian passenger vehicles like us will benefit from it too.
- Redwood Materials will be working with Amazon to recycle electric vehicle batteries, other lithium-ion batteries and e-waste from various operations within Amazon.
- Straubel’s interest in battery recycling comes after spending more than a decade helping Elon Musk build Tesla.
- As Tesla’s chief technical officer, he helped design the automaker’s lithium-ion battery powertrain.

Amazon invests in battery recycling firm started by former Tesla executive
Redwood Materials will be working with Amazon to recycle electric vehicle batteries, other lithium-ion batteries and e-waste from various operations within Amazon.
Owners of Rivian passenger vehicles like us will benefit from it too.