Recently, Tesla China updated its Q&A section about battery recycling, stating that Tesla does not bury discarded lithium-ion batteries and can achieve 100% recycling.
Coincidentally, Redwood Materials, a company founded by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, has started recycling waste from Tesla’s Gigafactory in Nevada, but the company has always denied any collaboration with Tesla.
However, the fact is that there is a close relationship between Redwood Materials and Tesla. First, Straubel is one of Tesla’s early co-founders and was previously its CTO. Secondly, Straubel established a battery recycling company in Nevada near Tesla’s Gigafactory. Finally, Straubel founded this company during his time at Tesla and even hired employees from Tesla.
Moreover, Straubel has previously confirmed that Redwood Materials is cooperating with Panasonic to recycle battery materials from Gigafactory in Nevada. Friends who follow Tesla know that the Gigafactory in Nevada is jointly constructed by Panasonic and Tesla and is one of Tesla’s important production bases.
So, can we boldly guess that Tesla may hand over the business of recycling and processing batteries to Redwood Materials?
Previously, Straubel told The Wall Street Journal that in the next few years, discarded electric car batteries in landfills can be quickly removed and recycled for rebuilding new power batteries, thus forming a complete closed loop.# 将下方的 Markdown 中文文本翻译成英文 Markdown 文本
If Tesla can achieve 100% battery recycling, this can truly achieve a closed loop for Tesla’s sustainable development. Currently, we still need to wait for Tesla to disclose the specific operating procedures.
This article is a translation by ChatGPT of a Chinese report from 42HOW. If you have any questions about it, please email bd@42how.com.