Rivian partners with Tesla co-founder’s Redwood on energy storage

Rivian is partnering with Redwood Materials, the battery company founded by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, to build a second-life battery energy storage system at its EV manufacturing plant in Normal, Illinois. The initial deployment will use more than 100 used Rivian battery packs stitched together into a 10 MWh system that can feed power back into the factory during peak demand. more…