Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Plant Joins ‘Battery Belt’ in South Carolina

Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Plant Joins ‘Battery Belt’ in South Carolina
The Redwood Materials building in Carson City, Nev., in June 2019. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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A Nevada-based electric vehicle (EV) battery startup company has announced its plans for a $3.5 billion recycling, refining, and remanufacturing battery plant in Berkeley County near Charleston, South Carolina.

Redwood Materials, started by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, was referenced among key players in mineral production in President Joe Biden’s Feb. 22 Fact Sheet on Securing a Made in America Supply Chain for Critical Minerals.