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"textContent": "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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nmore…",
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