How Tesla’s Battery Mastermind Is Tackling EV's Biggest Problem

Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere - in phones, laptops, tablets, cameras and increasingly cars. Demand for lithium-ion batteries has risen sharply in the past five years and is expected to grow from a $44.2 billion market in 2020 to a $94.4 billion market by 2025, mostly due to the boom in electric cars. And a shortage of lithium-ion batteries is looming in the U.S.
Former Tesla CTO and Elon Musk's right-hand man, JB Straubel, started Redwood Materials in 2017 to help address the need for more raw materials and to solve the problem of e-waste. The company recycles end-of-life batteries and then supplies battery makers and auto companies with materials in short supply as EV production surges around the world. Straubel gave CNBC an inside look at its first recycling facility in Carson City, Nevada. Watch the video to learn why battery recycling will be an essential part in making EV production more sustainable.
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How Tesla’s Battery Mastermind Is Tackling EVs Biggest Problem

[@bkvintagecorp]

This guy worked at a company, saw what was to come so he left the company and created his own to solved that problem. Genius!

[@bobfmirvine6652]

God bless the American way!

[@baore2422]

@juanka galindo I think you are forgetting the abundance of minerals both in space and on the ocean floor. We have nothing to worry about

[@alaadekhili9229]

@juanka galindo there is plenty of minerals for everyone on earth. plus, dont forget they are making electric cars to transition to sustainable energy to protect the planet.

[@abhisekswain3697]

He never left Tesla.He is in advisory role in Tesla to date

[@TIB1973]

@@baore2422 Those resources are hundreds of years out of reach. Mostly for the cost to get them would make it too expensive to pass the cost to consumers. they are not a solution and the next generation has plenty of things to worry about.

[@bobbymat6451]

The fact that he’s recycling these materials has made my day.

[@GardenGuy1943]

These CEOs are monsters

[@nndorconnetnz]

Yep, thats what we need. Shame cell phone manufactures are not on board. Ever tried to replace the battery in your cell phone or when you need to upgrade? Try and remove the battery and send it to the recycling collection?

[@SunnyIlha]

He could have been involved in recycling batteries a long, long time ago. This is late in the game. Too, too late.

[@stevenjames9740]

The concept of buying the dip is all about buying digital assets when their prices are down and selling off when the price rises just has the current market is down. Holding is profitable, although trading is far more profitable. I was to grasp the knowledge of trading crypto assets early enough, but i was still limited due to my lack of technical understanding of how to analyse the digital market , all that changed when i encountered Daniel Wright services. , although i have been into numerous services but Daniel Wright stands out with experience and expertise playing in his favour . I must confess it wasn't an easy task to learning the routes on trading but with the assistance of Daniel it was more easier to understand , Here are his details on Tel- gram ( @Danielwrightfx

[@TIB1973]

Its too little too late. The process is slow and expensive, its cheaper to get it from an original source than a recycled one. Although it is true that we should try something and lessons learned from this endeavor will help solve the problem down the road, its just not enough to keep up with the absolute onslaught going to hit starting in the next decade.

[@lunarcorpse]

My sister and I were literally talking about battery waste for electric cars and wondering if they'd ever find a solution to recycle them the other day. I am so glad that there is a solution.

[@rugerwrld5200]

😂😂

[@michaelmccart2971]

Me too ! I've thought about this for years

[@kord2003]

Less then 5% of lithium batteries are recycled nowadays

[@Srikrishnakarthik]

There isn't a solution still, they are just postponing throwing the waste.

[@dragon.fromindia3235]

CRYPTO IS DISTURBING THE ECONOMY

[@ivveG]

I like the Redwood guy. He seems super nice - and also he's working to change a big liability into a big asset. Amazing!

[@generalx5220]

He’s in it for the money, just trying to be noble

[@elvenkind6072]

@@generalx5220 Don't tell the truth. That will make you unpopular.

[@nachonachoman]

When did it become ok to just slander someone for being successful? I worked for JB. JB to Elon is Steve Wozniak to Steve Jobs. Idealistic technical wunderkind overlooked for his contribution. And also a very good man.

[@nachonachoman]

There's an interview online of him at his Nevadan house. It is not the house of someone just trying to make a buck.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Battery Inflation

[@thomascrane7547]

He hit the nail on the head when he said “we need to UNBUILD everything we BUILD”

[@MrMannyhw]

Unbuilding cost money. Why spend money to unbuild when we can throw away and no cost?

[@rincam5]

@@MrMannyhw because with recycling we will be able to get the cost of lithium down by an estimated 43% and the environmental impact greatly reduced

[@thomascrane7547]

@@MrMannyhw unfortunately that seems to be the rule of thumb that brought us here.

[@wakeandbakewithmaryjane1767]

@@MrMannyhw is seeking attention. Mom went out and left you all alone ?

[@jehiahmaduro6827]

@@rincam5 Well Said my friend

[@BC-yw2tw]

Well presented. Without question, without recycling, we are digging our own environmental grave. Thanks

[@noneshere]

US has got to end its petroleum plastic era. Plastic can only be recycled 1-2 times and it not even worth recycling old plastic for new. Plastic is toxic junk. It has No organic value & when burnt it causes bad birth defects in the whole area.

[@bengagnon2894]

Even with recycling, we are digging our own environmental grave. The guy says at the end that there are no alternative... Well, yes, there is an alternative : reduce consumption. But it would take a redical change from our economical system. And the mix of neoliberalism/oligarchy/corporatocracy that we are living in right now doesn't allow for that kind of change.

[@gopackgo4036]

@@bengagnon2894 exactly right.

[@johnabuick]

@@bengagnon2894 The secret is to educate all the women in the world as well as give them the freedom to do what they like just like some countries allow for. Once this happens the world population will start to drop causing less pollution.

[@Djkahled9999]

Look into Aqua Metals stock ticker is AQMS

[@RealLifeTech187]

This guy deserves a medal! Normally the problems with EOL get ignored until it's way to late to come up with a good viable solution and starting early around this time gives me hope in humanity!

[@diarmuidphelan9664]

This is what every manufacturer should consider when they create a product. It’s end to end recyclability. This guy has come from the future to save us all:)

[@noneone8726]

ASININE......recycling is POINTLESS because selfish assholes are OVERPOPULATING THE EARTH. The Earth is FINITE. All world evils can be traced to ONE CAUSE: too many people consuming finite resources. War, Poverty, Famine, Pollution, Plague are all caused by TOO MANY PEOPLE. The solution? Only allow the Best of the Best to breed, and require stringent tests. Healthy, sane, financially stable, educated, contributing to civilization with a valuable skill, good DNA that we want to pass on. Politically Correct fanatics and religious fanatics have a vested interest in a huge mass of starving poor unhappy people that they can manipulate. Don't be fooled. Only MANDATORY limits on population will solve anything.,

[@paraglidingguys]

It’s up to us to demand it from the various industries.

[@johnransom1146]

It’s making the producer of the waste responsible for its end of life reuse.

[@matteofalduto766]

He’s the type of guy that does his dishes right after eating. We need more people like him.

[@GardenGuy1943]

These CEOs are monsters

[@MrTrollbaby]

Thanks

[@stevyd]

And is probably working on an idea for self-cleaning dishes (I'm almost there with a piece of bread and an occasional lick or 2.)

[@GardenGuy1943]

@Kate Simpson I think we both know who the real fool is here.....

[@stevenjames9740]

The concept of buying the dip is all about buying digital assets when their prices are down and selling off when the price rises just has the current market is down. Holding is profitable, although trading is far more profitable. I was to grasp the knowledge of trading crypto assets early enough, but i was still limited due to my lack of technical understanding of how to analyse the digital market , all that changed when i encountered Daniel Wright services. , although i have been into numerous services but Daniel Wright stands out with experience and expertise playing in his favour . I must confess it wasn't an easy task to learning the routes on trading but with the assistance of Daniel it was more easier to understand , Here are his details on Tel- gram ( @Danielwrightfx

[@victorarnault]

Recycling batteries is the best realistic circular economy example.

[@markplott4820]

JAPAN has had Circular Recycling for over a DECADE now.

[@GardenGuy1943]

These CEOs are monsters

[@MonkeySpecs301]

as long as there's low wage workers to do the disassembly of the device first right?

[@Santospirito007]

@@MonkeySpecs301 or robotics. Sometimes robotics is cheaper than cheap labor due to the amount of work that can be done/hr

[@UnknownUser-ej8tk]

@@Santospirito007 Eventually robots will be cheaper and better than people every time, we are just at the start of automation.

[@jart122]

By removing the data, they mean banging the device with a hammer. 😂

[@bernios3446]

Throwing away old electronics is a huge problem, it is the dark side of our consumer society. We need to better look at all the waste we produce. Not just the batteries - all materials... Mr. Straubel said it much better: "When I think about the distant future, when we're operating as a really sustainable society and economy, we need to be productively unbuilding everything that we've built. " - excellent wording, so true. I wish them all the best...

[@bazbbeeb7226]

the local scrap yard pays top dollars for electronic parts, if people knew the value in washing machine motors, fridge components, hot water cylinders, air conditioners, car components etc they would treat them like cash instead of trash.

[@HT-vd4in]

0:00 Introduction 2:16 Why recycling is necessary 6:20 How it works 10:12 Why it’s profitable 15:02 What’s next

[@noneofyourbeez3425]

how it works: we get it, break it down, and sell it to our costumers... oh look who we are partnering with

[@vicgamesvt9682]

Comment for the algorithm

[@thehabeeeeeb]

U r a legend

[@dakshmalhotra2223]

@Northern lights indica 247 are you trolling?

[@SolracCAP]

You are a good egg

[@HarryReesFinance]

Former Tesla employees seem to regularly start their own successful businesses. Demonstrates their strength of attracting the most innovative/talented people to work for them

[@fwefhwe4232]

just like intel team

[@handenbramilton]

Alternatively it demonstrates Tesla’s inability to retain its most valuable resource.

[@neeljavia2965]

@@handenbramilton That's because they overwork them. Tesla is still a startup where talented individual comes to learn and gain experience. Once they do that, they retire from that hectic job. Except Elon who is a robot.

[@SDGreg]

@@handenbramilton It is impossible to retain long term those employees with a entrepreneur drive. Straubel stayed with Tesla for 15-years, that is a long time.

[@jakelasalle]

False

[@METALMAN4Wii]

"Shows up to Tesla with a duffle bag full of old cellphone batteries" let's talk business.

[@spreadlove3937]

😆😆😆😆😆

[@richieewinns]

Now THIS is progressing humanity in a positive direction.

[@Marc98338]

If you dont do research i guess...

[@WeylandLabs]

As a Panasonic Energy North America employee I concur with this. J.B Straubel Redwood Materials will pretty much save the planets raw materials of batteries.

[@Global_Optimization]

What do you see as their advantage over other recycling companies? Seems like people are trying a bunch of different methods and it's not clear to me who will win.

[@WeylandLabs]

@@Global_Optimization Location Location Location = Talent Northern Nevada is only 2 hours away from Stanford and Cal State Berkley the amount of quality and quantity of engineers that Northern California's produces is far greater than anywhere else on the planet. Not to mention we ( Panasonic ) have the best chemical engineers in the world. The Japanese are "battery artists" doing this very decades extremely effective and efficient there dedication passion and work ethic is astonishing. Working along side with Tesla's engineers and Redwoods this is a fine tuned machine over here.

[@stevenjames9740]

The concept of buying the dip is all about buying digital assets when their prices are down and selling off when the price rises just has the current market is down. Holding is profitable, although trading is far more profitable. I was to grasp the knowledge of trading crypto assets early enough, but i was still limited due to my lack of technical understanding of how to analyse the digital market , all that changed when i encountered Daniel Wright services. , although i have been into numerous services but Daniel Wright stands out with experience and expertise playing in his favour . I must confess it wasn't an easy task to learning the routes on trading but with the assistance of Daniel it was more easier to understand , Here are his details on Tel- gram ( @Danielwrightfx

[@truAPEeth]

Boss, wondering what the lowest paid position is out there? Any insight? Thanks,

[@heyreddy6033]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5y1p4OjprejfNE

[@Clasticon73i]

Very informative. I love this kind of content. Not every story has to be a drama filled hit piece.

[@truAPEeth]

Educational content is good for the 🧠

[@heyreddy6033]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5y1p4OjprejfNE

[@kindface]

Plaudits to Straubel and pioneers like him who not only solve problems but protect our earth and even contribute to nursing it back to health. Respect and support.

[@Gnefitisis]

CNBC, really you've been doing some good journalism recently. Damn, just damn. Keep it up!

[@mysteryguest9555]

Now this is a company worth investing in.

[@oneword7143]

Try American Manganese

[@aliasoma]

Good luck with that, they aren’t public.

[@capcom4eva]

I would love to. Keep us updated.

[@fireballxl-5748]

Tesla is way overpriced. Hang on to your shirt.

[@ariantasariedimunthe4734]

Redwood aren't public. Because they are Elon Musk Secret Company. Elon Invest to them secretly.

[@JJs_playground]

I really hope, these recycling companies become successful and make a lot of money. Because eWaste is already a huge problem.

[@HoloScope]

It's good for them because there are not many players in the game, but once there are more than the price will go up and it may not even be profitable anymore.

[@brahmburgers]

The bigger problem behind pollution is: overpopulation.

[@brandonvelde5774]

@@brahmburgers Overpopulation is a self-defeating problem though.

[@heyreddy6033]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5y1p4OjprejfNE

[@joeking433]

@@brahmburgers China tried that, and now is back to a 3 child limit. They've found that limiting families to one child didn't work in any way, economically, spiritually, or physically.

[@steveforant2952]

I am glad I stumbled across this video because it has answered one of my biggest questions about electric vehicles, what do we do with the bad batteries. I am very happy to see somebody is thinking about this as well. On an economics note I would love to see this process stay withing the US. It is an up and coming business that would greatly benefit our economy and help move us from a consuming nation to a providing nation.

[@wjhann4836]

Another goody: Beside they get that materials out of the old stuff - the extracted materials normally have a very high quality, the direct quality the battery builder needs.

[@eotmanoftheyear]

May God bless JB and his endeavors. May JB bless me and take Redwood public.

[@noneone8726]

ASININE......recycling is POINTLESS because selfish assholes are OVERPOPULATING THE EARTH. The Earth is FINITE. All world evils can be traced to ONE CAUSE: too many people consuming finite resources. War, Poverty, Famine, Pollution, Plague are all caused by TOO MANY PEOPLE. The solution? Only allow the Best of the Best to breed, and require stringent tests. Healthy, sane, financially stable, educated, contributing to civilization with a valuable skill, good DNA that we want to pass on. Politically Correct fanatics and religious fanatics have a vested interest in a huge mass of starving poor unhappy people that they can manipulate. Don't be fooled. Only MANDATORY limits on population will solve anything.,

[@areyouarobotz]

@@noneone8726 take a hit of weed and calm down, it's going to be ok

[@Ramos-hp5lb]

@@areyouarobotz make sure you recycle it though

[@mikebostic9518]

They always tell you to recycle you never know how useful it could be down the road. Here it is. To me what they're doing is incredible.

[@hankelvisimpersonator2832]

Narrator: "And how do they break down the batteries" Redwood guy: "We put them in this machine and out comes the raw materials" I learned so much.

[@georgebooth2005]

I'm glad that there's companies like Redwood recycling batteries.Too much is going into landfills, that can be recycled. 👍👍❤️

[@jaystarr6571]

You can't have my junk drawer...There are to many memories in there.

[@MrTrollbaby]

Junk drawers will never die... Maybe theres something in that😉

[@A0A4ful]

:D Memories are in: 1. Your mind and heart; 2. Your HDD/chips/SIMs. Redwood is only asking for your dead/obsolete batteries...

[@honesty_-no9he]

Too many not to many.

[@jaystarr6571]

@@honesty_-no9he Not in my country.

[@heyreddy6033]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5y1p4OjprejfNE

[@LeeWilsonJr]

Loved the hints - maybe Texas… maybe Germany Guessing we’ll see Redwood Materials near both of Tesla’s new factories.

[@someoneinthecrowd4313]

But why the f did he say Norway. Isn't that like a tiny irrelevant country

[@Thesaltyseafish]

@@someoneinthecrowd4313 norway has the highest EV adoption of any country and the cash to fund whatever they want.

[@someoneinthecrowd4313]

@@Thesaltyseafish Doubt it.

[@ten_tego_teges]

@@someoneinthecrowd4313 Yeah, that surprised me too. They also have some of the highest wages in Europe. If one wanted to supply the Berlin factory they can build a recycling plant just 200km away in Poland where labour is 3x cheaper.

[@heyreddy6033]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5y1p4OjprejfNE

[@CuriousJet]

This is awesome! I think a lot of people are just like me, we knew there’s a huge problem with used battery. But thank goodness we have someone like him 👍

[@heyreddy6033]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5y1p4OjprejfNE

[@PeteBuchwald]

I'm sure all EV recycling companies will do well! There is room for all companies to work to process these discarded batteries in the US. I've invested in ABML, and will look into Redwood Materials. Thx CBNC, and JB Straubel (and Co.).

[@aaronvallejo8220]

He nailed it. Designing ALL our products for clean disassembly and upcycling in our circular cradle-to-cradle economy is our future. Excellent interview!

[@noneone8726]

The LAWS OF PHYSICS, Duh! ENTROPY!! ASININE......recycling is POINTLESS because selfish assholes are OVERPOPULATING THE EARTH. The Earth is FINITE. All world evils can be traced to ONE CAUSE: too many people consuming finite resources. War, Poverty, Crime, Famine, Pollution, Plague are all caused by TOO MANY PEOPLE. The solution? Only allow the Best of the Best to breed, and require stringent tests. Healthy, sane, intelligent, financially stable, educated, contributing to civilization with a valuable skill, good DNA that we want to pass on. Politically Correct fanatics and religious fanatics have a vested interest in maintaining a huge mass of starving, poor, frightened unhappy people that they can manipulate. Don't be fooled. Only MANDATORY limits on population will solve anything., Recycling Creates Pollution, costs energy and only returns a tiny fraction of what was wasted to begin with. It is a childish stop gap. Only REDUCING consumption is a rational response. The point of humanity is not just to survive but to EVOLVE and we are wildly Over Due to begin enacting LAWS to control Who Is Allowed To Breed. Instead, you are taxed to feed worthless people contributing nothing to civilization. Instead, you are encouraged to breed more slaves for the corporate masters to exploit. War, Poverty, Crime, Famine, Pollution, Plague are all caused by TOO MANY PEOPLE. War, Poverty, Crime, Famine, Pollution, Plague are all caused by ONE thing: TOO MANY PEOPLE.

[@stevenabbott7508]

This is the kind of thing that gives me hope for the future. No subsidies needed.

[@joego7924]

Subsidies have been going on for a hundred years, you think Congress il change that? They secure their votes by getting freebees for their districts, Democrats and republican all do it!

[@dan8753]

Recycling is not profitable. Check the amounts of and the destinations of your tax dollars.

[@heyreddy6033]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5y1p4OjprejfNE

[@scottboomer7174]

Subsidies are most certainly needed. We need to punish the problem financially while rewarding the solution financially. And Trump supporters are the problem ;)

[@noneone8726]

ASININE......recycling is POINTLESS because selfish assholes are OVERPOPULATING THE EARTH. The Earth is FINITE. All world evils can be traced to ONE CAUSE: too many people consuming finite resources. War, Poverty, Crime, Famine, Pollution, Plague are all caused by TOO MANY PEOPLE. The solution? Only allow the Best of the Best to breed, and require stringent tests. Healthy, sane, financially stable, educated, contributing to civilization with a valuable skill, good DNA that we want to pass on. Politically Correct fanatics and religious fanatics have a vested interest in maintaining a huge mass of starving, poor, frightened unhappy people that they can manipulate. Don't be fooled. Only MANDATORY limits on population will solve anything., Recycling Creates Pollution, costs energy and only returns a tiny fraction of what was wasted to begin with. It is a childish stop gap. Only REDUCING consumption is a rational response. The point of humanity is not just to survive but to EVOLVE and we are wildly Over Due to begin enacting LAWS to control Who Is Allowed To Breed. Instead, you are taxed to feed worthless people contributing nothing to civilization. Instead, you are encouraged to breed more slaves for the corporate masters to exploit. War, Poverty, Crime, Famine, Pollution, Plague are all caused by TOO MANY PEOPLE. War, Poverty, Crime, Famine, Pollution, Plague are all caused by ONE thing: TOO MANY PEOPLE.

[@richardharpell5702]

I work for Li-Cycle in Kingston Ontario! Great place to work

[@lindsaycole8409]

It is obvious. The most concentrated supply of the materials to build lithium batteries will be in old lithium batteries. The problem usually is the materials involved eventually migrate to places within the battery, or form structures, where they can't be regenerated through recharging. But disassembly and processing to separate everything out again will work. The really interesting thing is if the battery manufacturers start designing for recycling. That would be a step-change in the sustainability of battery technology. At the moment it's all out to keep improving battery technology itself in terms of capacity and recharge and discharge rate, but once that starts reaching limits (which it is), it should come down to how to efficiently recycle the battery so both the scrap value of the battery is high, and the production costs of a new battery is low.

[@doomtomb3]

I'm going to do my part and recycle my old batteries.

[@noahno]

Sounds like in the near future our old batteries will be worth real money

[@loudmouthnear]

That's great! Let's recycle!

[@damongnojek3912]

It sounds like we need a Landfill Mining/Recycling company to eliminate our landfills and recover untold materials.

[@markplott4820]

that is the job of WASTE management , they are Currently NOT doing Recycling.

[@damongnojek3912]

@@markplott4820 are waste management companies paid if they dump into landfills?

[@bontragershadow9070]

I've thought about those piles of trash as a resource worth recovering for decades. Seems like sorting today's trash stream is a good idea as well.

[@thatwasinteresting3319]

Those current landfills may in fact be future goldmines with the right technology

[@soggybottomboys2792]

they have tried and the market us unaccepting of the cost to do such things

[@CF542]

I had no idea the industry was this far along in battery recycling. This gives me great hope for the future of EV's.

[@Mike-lt6sj]

We need to mine ten times the amount of copper, a finite resource. Battery cars are heavy. How does that affect road construction? With finite copper resources, the price will definitely increase. How is that going to affect your home purchase? Aluminum wire? That has poor corrosion resistance. Maybe you die in a house fire now for your electric future? People don't think.

[@summerbreeze5115]

​@@Mike-lt6sjyou think too mucu

[@kdoyle85]

What's the chemicals used to recycle these batteries and what happens to them once used for recycling?

[@swedesam]

I'm sure there was a young future billionaire who just got inspired by this segment. Good luck to you!

[@upjohnaghaji313]

True

[@willz8494]

Thx for reminding that

[@yoriiroy1720]

@Ali Bazzi sry I think he meant me :) dont be sad about it

[@Djkahled9999]

Look into Aqua Metals stock ticker is AQMS

[@dannacht6827]

Billionaires shouldn't exist tho. You've got to be a villain to be a billionaire.

[@LHitler]

So glad he's stepping up for us and the environment so happy to see that

[@falcon127]

YES BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT! IT DOES NOT BENEFIT POLITICIANS!

[@theodorehaskins3756]

@@falcon127 Stop it! Just stop it! So how does a piece of legislation gets enacted into law? So if you’re so concerned about this particular issue, what have you personally done to tell your elected representatives that you want them to solve this problem? Have you contacted the head of the EPA? Have you formed a group of advocates to advocate for cleaning this up? If the answer to any of these questions is no, then why haven’t you? So if all you’re going to do is complain to others who have no obvious power to change the situation other than through our votes, then you don’t have much of an argument do you, and as a point of information, the government is not a be all, see all panacea of fixing a problem, yes of course it has a big impact, as its employees uses this material too, and president Joe Biden has talked about converting to electric powered vehicles versus continuing to buy vehicles powered by fossil fuels! So at least they recognize what needs to be done in that particular area, as they also recognize we need to be doing something to solve the whole issue of climate change/global warming, something the previous administration was in complete denial that humankind/human activity contributed to this problem! So I’d rather light a candle, then to curse the darkness, and if I’m going to speak, I’d like to think that I have done something to change the process other than just complaining about it! So here’s where I stop talking, and start listening! So would you like to amend your comments based on the questions that I just asked?

[@donaldtrumpjr2132]

Shut up

[@donaldtrumpjr2132]

@@falcon127 Actually politicians are making millions off the climate change scam so shut up

[@donaldtrumpjr2132]

@@theodorehaskins3756 There is no problem with the climate you dummmmm assssss

[@Saa42808]

Today our communication primarily relies on batteries in terms of cell phones and cordless phones, cordless phones which sooner or later will be obsolete followed by gasoline cars, so why not seriously start thinking about transforming battery technology. JB has started this process and it shouldn’t be stopped.

[@toddsantos2118]

Great job I've been thinking of this for years. I wish when I was younger I got involved in this industry

[@heyreddy6033]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5y1p4OjprejfNE

[@noneone8726]

The LAWS OF PHYSICS, Duh! ENTROPY!! ASININE......recycling is POINTLESS because selfish assholes are OVERPOPULATING THE EARTH. The Earth is FINITE. All world evils can be traced to ONE CAUSE: too many people consuming finite resources. War, Poverty, Crime, Famine, Pollution, Plague are all caused by TOO MANY PEOPLE. The solution? Only allow the Best of the Best to breed, and require stringent tests. Healthy, sane, intelligent, financially stable, educated, contributing to civilization with a valuable skill, good DNA that we want to pass on. Politically Correct fanatics and religious fanatics have a vested interest in maintaining a huge mass of starving, poor, frightened unhappy people that they can manipulate. Don't be fooled. Only MANDATORY limits on population will solve anything., Recycling Creates Pollution, costs energy and only returns a tiny fraction of what was wasted to begin with. It is a childish stop gap. Only REDUCING consumption is a rational response. The point of humanity is not just to survive but to EVOLVE and we are wildly Over Due to begin enacting LAWS to control Who Is Allowed To Breed. Instead, you are taxed to feed worthless people contributing nothing to civilization. Instead, you are encouraged to breed more slaves for the corporate masters to exploit. War, Poverty, Crime, Famine, Pollution, Plague are all caused by TOO MANY PEOPLE. War, Poverty, Crime, Famine, Pollution, Plague are all caused by ONE thing: TOO MANY PEOPLE.

[@Cajsa01]

We need to repurpose old EV batteries for battery storage before recycling. The state of health is often 80% at end of life. Keeps the raw materials focused on scaling up EVs...

[@davidc2838]

Many of them are repurposed first because of their easy transition.

[@dt0229]

I love what redwood is doing, and I would love to be part of their vision!

[@RandolphMaunder]

I would like to know why the batteries end up failing. What is depleated, what is consumed, what is changed? Something must be consumed or unusable. I'm sure you can't take only the recycled materials and make a new battery without adding some new materials.

[@shogunrua1040]

Until products are made with the purpose of being easily recyclable, recycling will remain too expensive to compete with the cost of just extracting raw materials. Even if we solve the recycling of battery problems, the scale of waste we create everywhere is not sustainable.

[@dailyrant4068]

God (and extreme capitalists in US) forbid anything that puts a dent on corporate profit though, so recyclability is never considered. Until environment causes direct impacts to an individual business, they won’t action upon it

[@Psycandy]

all metal is recycled. it is several orders of magnitude cheaper to recycle than processing ore. you will not find any metal in a landfill but you will find everything else that's not biodegradable, and since there's no looming shortage of plastic, is notably sustainable.

[@richardgressle2640]

What a good man...looking at the problem and working at it. I am grateful and my grandchildren will be well

[@vhunemanee6905]

ມີສີລາວ

[@Marc98338]

🤣

[@sebastianelytron8450]

CNBC is O-B-S-E-S-S-E-D with Elon and Tesla

[@kylewernert9785]

This bubble gets CNBC view counts.

[@damongnojek3912]

The ICE age is over. They almost see it.

[@Respectedevil1]

@@damongnojek3912 Everyone sees it .....

[@sourovajmain2048]

But as we can see it's not about tesla or Elon musk. It's a about Tesla's ex employee

[@neeljavia2965]

@@Respectedevil1 Unfortunately not everyone. Cough cough Toyota.

[@Survivalist-of-war]

People should also be paid to recycle their old electronics. Paid a fair price too. If it's such a commodity and so valuable and needed people 100% deserve fair pay for exchange.

[@Badge124]

I know he mentioned that "in some cases" they pay consumers for depleted batteries, but they'll never get close to full recovery until it's worth it monetarily for the average consumer to take it out of their junk drawer and drive it over to Best Buy or other recovery station.

[@eeeeeek]

didn't expect a high quality like this 😍😍

[@jakeriffle6719]

Bill Nye is probably right when he talks about us mining landfills in the future once all the plastics and metals compress.

[@MikeBaxterABC]

Yes!! ... I"ve been saying this since I was a kid .. the virgin newsprint alone Made from tree pulp alone, would make it profitable in the next few decades (some 30% of landfill volume is newsprint pre 1970's)

[@kitemanmusic]

Scraping around with old phone and computer batteries is hard work. Recovering material from old EV batteries will be much easier with an abundant supply coming soon.

[@BabsW]

I can't wait until this company goes public and I can invest in it!

[@NickRoman]

And what's more, apparently it is very satisfying to squish these materials between your fingers.

[@fenrirgg]

The dream job.

[@dakshmalhotra2223]

If you like squishing, search "squish that cat" on youtube.

[@NickRoman]

@@dakshmalhotra2223 , oh I know that one

[@heyreddy6033]

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[@jrxtrc]

What’s left out is that a lot of these battery packs have perfectly good cells, but that there’s one or 2 cells that go bad ruining the overall use of the pack. If the packs were just broken up and the good cells were removed, it would further save money and put those cells back in use.

[@oscarchampion5842]

The labor to do that probably isn't worth it

[@TheReliantSwift]

Even the ‘good’ cells would have decayed a substantial amount. Putting that in a new vehicle would just further shorten that packs life surely

[@gi295]

The reason that doesn’t really work is because after every charge and discharge cycle, lithium crystals begin to grow on the electrodes, so even if a cell still holds a charge, it’s capacity and lifespan are significantly lower than a new battery.

[@charliepearce8767]

Better to start fresh.

[@warrensteel9954]

There are a few companies who will replace individual cells in out of warranty Teslas for a lot less than a new pack.

[@simonbaigrie2485]

These video never seem to talk about the waste product from these recycling centers. The mentioned 5% is not recyclable? What about the separation process and any waste associated with that?

[@somethingginterestingg4275]

Abml stock. Recycles lithium batteries . Worked at Tesla . And down the street from tesla warehouse. Currently a otc stock looking to get on nasdaq. Should check out

[@somethingginterestingg4275]

@R!OT EARTH oh, its definitely not a fully developed company yet, you're right. Its one to keep an eye on though. what makes me excited is the team. Having a former executive from tesla who knows how critical recycling lithium batteries will be, its certainly interesting. If anyone will get a contract from tesla at some point down the road, I'm certain this will be one they look at and a company Elon is aware of.

[@badalgayainsaan]

Another benefit of electricfication .... Not like gas, we can reuse the same fuel. This is true sustainablity.

[@markplott4820]

many States are starting to BAN Nautral Gas in NEW home Construction.

[@gopherlee9427]

@@markplott4820 So electric stoves?

[@markplott4820]

@@gopherlee9427 - yes, Electric stoves and Heating is much safer , 90% of Home fires are from GAS wall heaters .

[@HEMI345S]

@@gopherlee9427 Sure, electric stoves running on AAA !

[@Texassince1836]

You're not reusing the same fuel, you're just recycling the energy storage device. More akin to recycling a gas tank.

[@gaojerry7980]

Looks promising! Hopefully, battery technology can grow up as well as market needed.

[@scott362]

Maybe there should be a recycling refund to collect on these batteries to ensure they don't end up in landfills. Instead we get charged a recycling fee whenever we buy certain products.

[@robertnelson3179]

Thank you for this story having been responsible for the hospital e-waste that had allot of batteries to move it is good to see something being done about it now for the long term.

[@lucansanchez5129]

Recycling and mining should have the same prioritie, if something cannot be recycled it should not be made. Everything should be recycled to raw materials.

[@4G12]

If the energy needed to recycle something is actually greater than just mining it, it's actually absurd to recycle that material until the recycling can be done much more economically (use much less energy and materials) than mining it.

[@hobbyrob313]

I wish jb straubel and his companions all the best, because this is the kind of thing we have to have! Let's mine less and recycle more! If I pay tax on something, let it be on there/that! I wish the people who are working on to that/it, all the best! Healthy and Kind Greetings! Rob

[@Vospader21]

I appreciate this guys foresight to start working on these things before it becomes a seriously big problem.

[@edman50]

Why are we recycling/disposing EV batteries when there is an average of 80% life left at the end of its life in a vehicle? There is a company called Moment Energy in Vancouver that is repurposing EV batteries for utility energy storage that can extend the life of these batteries for another 10+years.

[@enyotheios2613]

Yellowstone National Park has been using used Toyota Prius batteries for more than a decade as grid storage. Each new EV has the potential to store enough charge to run a normal US home for 2 days. I agree that continuing use of the battery packs until further degradation is a cleaner, cheaper, and better option than immediate EOL disposal. I could go one more, and suggest that all new EV cars should have easily removable batteries, so that newer, better batteries can be swapped in (like NIO does in China), and the body of the vehicle doesn't have to be scrapped. Electric motors last many times longer than ICE, so it stands to reason that the batteries should be easier to replace, especially with ever bettering technology. I can only assume it's the same "Jobs" excuse that's been used to justify built in obsolescence since the Great Depression.

[@charliepearce8767]

In the 90s I ran a household with solar panels and recycled computer back and emergency batteries for over 10 years...I'm sure I was public enemy No 1 not being powered via the grid in the eyes of the power company.

[@telcobilly]

Do they have a stock symbol? I'd invest in it right now!

[@luisletona8908]

Abml recycles these type of batteries and they have a factory a couple miles from a tesla factory in Nevada I think. Maybe tesla will buy them out or partner with them... ABML is the ticker symbol, check em out.

[@windhoff1417]

@@luisletona8908 American Manganese (AMY) is also leading in the battery recycling segment. Their patented RecyLiCo process manages to recycle over 90% of lithium without producing any toxic waste by-product.

[@gentlegiant.]

Abml seems scammy I like amy or amyzf for u.s.

[@Sush1Trader]

Li Cycle is about to SPAC merge with PDAC

[@Djkahled9999]

Look into Aqua Metals stock ticker is AQMS

[@uthmanbaksh3530]

I would love to see more of these companies going forward. There's so many batteries that are laying around waiting to be recycled. I have an old phone in a drawer waiting for me to take it to the Apple Store for recycling!

[@AndyLambg]

Got to clear all my ewaste from the drawers responsibly. Just to save our Earth from all these human activities that tends to destroy and exploit it instead of taking care of it. Thanks God we have good guys doing the good works, we need more of them.. Thank you.

[@Tangopassion1]

Thumbs up CNBC good reporting!

[@tommycollier9172]

This is really good news, I will be cleaning out my junk draw after this video.

[@firelord7776]

Have u done it?

[@davidstambaugh569]

There are a lot of old mine tailings that have all ready dug up and crushed up that are full of rare earth metals. We were looking for other stuff ,but not rare earth metals which are plentiful in these old tailings.

[@mumi009]

Besides recylcable materials from old batteries, printed cirucuit board also contain many valuable metals, like gold, that can be extracted and recycled.

[@wisdom4428]

Great video so informative and gives hope for helping the planet. Thank you!

[@linkwokeup]

Thank god for forward thinkers like these guys.

[@noneone8726]

ASININE......recycling is POINTLESS because selfish assholes are OVERPOPULATING THE EARTH. The Earth is FINITE. All world evils can be traced to ONE CAUSE: too many people consuming finite resources. War, Poverty, Crime, Famine, Pollution, Plague are all caused by TOO MANY PEOPLE. The solution? Only allow the Best of the Best to breed, and require stringent tests. Healthy, sane, financially stable, educated, contributing to civilization with a valuable skill, good DNA that we want to pass on. Politically Correct fanatics and religious fanatics have a vested interest in a huge mass of starving poor unhappy people that they can manipulate. Don't be fooled. Only MANDATORY limits on population will solve anything.,

[@KhromTX]

They're keeping that Patagonia tech-bro fleece vest stereotype alive and well

[@tommyshadow66]

"You can't just take all these great minerals and dump them".... Imagine the world if we had this mindset from the beginning

[@johannhuff6936]

I love cnbc style on their videos!

[@franciscoshi1968]

I just hope that EV batteries are not recycled too early and get a chance to work as energy storage until they are truly spent.

[@warrensteel9954]

That was one of the problems Tesla was having was their batteries were getting intercepted and reused instead of being returned for recycling. So their recycling program wasn't getting as many batteries as expected.

[@vinnylamoureux1187]

There are a few newer technologies that were un mentioned. There is a very recent patent for relithization of spent batteries in situ. There is also Tesla's announced intention to mine clay in Nevada and harvest the lithium by adding salt to the clay. Either of these possible innovations could be a game changer for lithium supplies.

[@luislongoria6621]

I thought the gold mine in people's junk drawers was their personal data on old devices, but batteries should not be overlooked. There should be more companies that use recycled materials, but our local municipality stopped collecting glass because its weight made it too heavy to transport cheaply

[@warrensteel9954]

The personal data in old devices is likely already in the cloud being sold to the highest bidder.

[@user-zb6yy5yj2q]

What is shocking is why batteries are so expensive when the materials are so recyclable.

[@bugaljuice]

production cost and labor....

[@harsimranbansal5355]

It’s a new technology, but costs have dropped over 85% in just the last 10 years and are expected to drop another 80% by 2030. Batteries will be dirt cheap!

[@popinthe4725]

you need to take a look at the dirt industry , you cant imagine how much it costs to buy the dirt needed for building buildings

[@idzkk]

For now they are mined once enough material meets the cycle they may become cheap just like how aluminum was expensive in early days. I said "may" cus new batteries may replace them depends on what type of batteries will replace them. Graphene, solid-state or Carbon we don't know

[@CarFreeSegnitz]

Microchips start as sand, silicon-oxide, purified and then precisely doped with minute quantities of rare-earths and copper. The raw materials cost a fraction of a penny but the final product can cost $thousands. The lesson: the elements aren’t the cost, it’s the knowledge to make them into useful products.

[@richardcroshere9034]

This business is going to be huge. Li-Ciycle is going public in 2nd QTR 2021 through PDAC.

[@isaacsanchez3282]

What price range do you think PDAC will reach

[@Ryan-mr5hw]

@@isaacsanchez3282 36 dollars a share first 3rd quarter

[@heyreddy6033]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5y1p4OjprejfNE

[@noneone8726]

The LAWS OF PHYSICS, Duh! ENTROPY!! ASININE......recycling is POINTLESS because selfish assholes are OVERPOPULATING THE EARTH. The Earth is FINITE. All world evils can be traced to ONE CAUSE: too many people consuming finite resources. War, Poverty, Crime, Famine, Pollution, Plague are all caused by TOO MANY PEOPLE. The solution? Only allow the Best of the Best to breed, and require stringent tests. Healthy, sane, intelligent, financially stable, educated, contributing to civilization with a valuable skill, good DNA that we want to pass on. Politically Correct fanatics and religious fanatics have a vested interest in maintaining a huge mass of starving, poor, frightened unhappy people that they can manipulate. Don't be fooled. Only MANDATORY limits on population will solve anything., Recycling Creates Pollution, costs energy and only returns a tiny fraction of what was wasted to begin with. It is a childish stop gap. Only REDUCING consumption is a rational response. The point of humanity is not just to survive but to EVOLVE and we are wildly Over Due to begin enacting LAWS to control Who Is Allowed To Breed. Instead, you are taxed to feed worthless people contributing nothing to civilization. Instead, you are encouraged to breed more slaves for the corporate masters to exploit. War, Poverty, Crime, Famine, Pollution, Plague are all caused by TOO MANY PEOPLE. War, Poverty, Crime, Famine, Pollution, Plague are all caused by ONE thing: TOO MANY PEOPLE.

[@isaacsanchez3282]

@@Ryan-mr5hw if I wanted to trade options on Robinhood for this should my sell day be before Sep 17? Or do you think I could hold for longer

[@dirtydog2569]

I work at a metal recycling company. We recycle a lot of cars and the batteries. We pay by weight for them. As for hybrid cars taking the batteries out is dangerous. Eventually there will more hybrids or electric cars which will make it harder for us to recycle them. Like Tesla cars you have to send it them. Even the guy that picks up our batteries wasn’t sure what to do with the only few hybrid batteries we managed to take out safety. There all kinds of road blocks coming our way.

[@ronaldevans4709]

Thank you for recycling and making the factory that does that.

[@senryuuhoutaro3353]

Tesla should build those used batteries vending machines, whenever someone put used batteries in them, they get cash. Like in Japan there's a vending machine for recylables, you give plastic bottles you get money.

[@risefan2.08]

Yeah like every country lol but yeah batteries should be reused

[@ScrapPalletMan]

Don't test the new Tesla 9V with your tongue

[@Daniela-pr7rz]

But I wanna....

[@beastofchaospureanarchie]

Nein ich halte meine Eichel dran 🤗

[@heyreddy6033]

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[@freggo6604]

@@heyreddy6033 SPAM !

[@danmortenson5274]

What, do volts bite twice as hard, from a Tesla? Um... FALSE. Nine Volts DC is Nine Volts DC, and I'll go to the gravel for that statement...

[@Atljeepboy]

This is another good reason to switch to solid state batteries.

[@FirstMomentsOf]

What they don’t tell you is that the rest of the waste product from this recycling goes to landfills.

[@toddsmith4280]

They should require a deposit on the batteries like they do for other recyclables like bottles and cans. It needs to be expensive enough to entice people to recycle them properly.

[@jasmeetkhosla]

Deposit would make electronics more expensive to purchase, which means lesser people with smartphones. Hence, lesser people to snoop on. That's not the goal of big tech. They would rather collect more data from people. So instead of a deposit, consumers are given an exchange/cashback offer of some sort. But that amount is so low, it feels worthless for your old phone/laptop. 🚮

[@toddsmith4280]

@@jasmeetkhosla How many times did you put back that 6 pack because of a deposit?

[@jasmeetkhosla]

@@toddsmith4280 Never returned a 6-pack. I waited until I collected enough bottles to buy a 6-pack

[@toddsmith4280]

@@jasmeetkhosla Exactly! Those bottles would not have been returned otherwise. They would have ended up in a landfill. Same for old batteries.

[@NextLevelCode]

California already has a recycling tax on all computers sold. It might apply to phones as well not sure on that point.

[@ManabiLT]

Even when you want to recycle them, finding somewhere to drop them off so they will be can be darn near impossible. The video mentions Best Buy, Staples, etc. as accepting old batteries, but the ones in my area don't seem to do so. One of these companies should partner with some grocery store chains, or even chains like Wal-mart, to have free drop boxes to collect the batteries.

[@markplott4820]

Manabi - TRY Whole Foods and IKEA for Recycling options , just remember to Microwave any old SIM cards and Harddrives before Recycling them.

[@Dihyyy]

I'm norway,poland, Germany France I see battery-drop places everywhere

[@cyberbadger]

The video points out the market is growing for these recycled materials. The reality is that the money has to be there or recycling does not happen. More steel is recycled each year than aluminum, paper, glass and plastic combined because it can be magnetically sorted.

[@s3d843]

Yeah I'm not "dropping off" a phone i paid $700 for whether i still use it or not. Society is crazy. Sell us phones for $1,000.. come out with an upgraded one, so we pay more and stop using the old one, then ask us to drop off the old one for free.. hell nah

[@cutenobi]

I admire problem solvers like this.

[@saynotop2w]

Not a lot of people will leave a 6 figure job to recycle. I applaud that ex-Tesla guy doing the right thing for our future.

[@HNedel]

Recycling can be made into a six figure job. He could become a billionaire if this startup takes off

[@SunnyIlha]

He probably got to the point he couldn't sleep at night.

[@Turin-Fett]

You think he really gave up his livelihood to save the planet or something? This guy is worth millions of dollars and probably owns millions in Tesla stock. People like him don't depend on a J O B.

[@markmtenga7138]

Always admired straubel for his impactive thinking

[@SSModi852]

Problem = Opportunity. Like the forward thinking of these recycling company founders.

[@100brucebrown]

Very informative. Thank You