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GM, Redwood — with SC presence — team up on EV battery energy storage
Hollie Moore // August 8, 2025//
Redwood Materials has opened its $3.5B lithium-ion battery recycling facility in South Carolina, with plans to create 1,500 jobs at Camp Hall Commerce Park. (Rendering/Redwood Materials)
Redwood Materials has opened its $3.5B lithium-ion battery recycling facility in South Carolina, with plans to create 1,500 jobs at Camp Hall Commerce Park. (Rendering/Redwood Materials)
GM, Redwood — with SC presence — team up on EV battery energy storage
Hollie Moore // August 8, 2025//
- GM and Redwood sign MOU to expand U.S. energy storage systems
- Partnership includes new and second-life EV battery packs
- GM repurposing batteries at world’s largest second-life facility
- Redwood building $3.5B recycling facility at Camp Hall Commerce Park
Redwood Material and General Motors have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to accelerate the use of energy storage systems.
The accelerated systems will include both new batteries made in the U.S. by GM as well as reused battery packs from other GM electric vehicles, according to a news release.
“The market for grid-scale batteries and backup power isn’t just expanding, it’s becoming essential infrastructure,” Kurt Kelty, vice president of batteries, propulsion and sustainability at GM, said in the release. “Electricity demand is climbing, and it’s only going to accelerate. To meet that challenge, the U.S. needs energy storage solutions that can be deployed quickly, economically and made right here at home. GM batteries can play an integral role. We’re not just making better cars — we’re shaping the future of energy resilience.”
Redwood launched Redwood Energy in June to place used and new electric vehicle packs into fast and low-cost energy storage systems, according to the release.
GM is actively repurposing EV batteries at its facility in Nevada, the largest second-life battery development in the world, the release said.
“Electricity demand is accelerating at an unprecedented pace, driven by AI and the rapid electrification of everything from transportation to industry,” JB Straubel, founder and CEO of Redwood Materials, said in the release. “Both GM’s second-life EV batteries and new batteries can be deployed in Redwood’s energy storage systems, delivering fast, flexible power solutions and strengthening America’s energy and manufacturing independence.”
U.S. electricity demand is expected to triple from 2023 to 2028, according to the release. The companies plan to announce more details on their electric battery plans later this year.
Redwood is in the process of building a $3.5 billion facility on 600 acres of Camp Hall Commerce Park, which is expected to be complete this year. The company is in the final stages of equipment commissioning and will start recycling operations in the next few weeks, Morgan Crapps, director of public affairs and government relations, said in an email.
