Brendan Smith didn’t intend to be in the critical minerals business. He initially thought his high-tech filters would be good at desalination. But it was hard to beat […]
Tesla shareholder sweepstakes and EV layoffs hit Lucid and Fisker
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Cylib wants to own EV battery recycling in Europe
A surge of battery recycling startups have emerged in Europe in a bid to tap into the next big opportunity in the EV market: battery waste. Among them […]
Redwood Materials is partnering with Ultium Cells to recycle GM’s EV battery scrap
Redwood Materials, the battery recycling startup founded by former Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, will be recycling production scrap for batteries going into General Motors electric vehicles. The company […]
Tesla keeps cutting jobs and the feds probe Waymo
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Here are the 30+ startups showcasing at HAX’s May 1 Demo Day
A few weeks back, TechCrunch ventured out to New Jersey to pay an early visit to HAX’s Newark offices. As much as I complained about the 90-minute commute […]
Tesla has spent $200,000 advertising on Elon Musk’s X so far
Tesla has spent around $200,000 advertising through February on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, after the CEO caved to shareholder pressure last year and said his company […]
As megarounds become rarer, energy startups are powering up
The largest funding rounds raised by startups are becoming rarer and rarer. For upstart companies working on the future of energy, however, the market is surprisingly strong. The […]
Making the clean energy transition, well, cleaner
People in many parts of the world are trying to lower their impact on the climate. From companies to countries, a lot of groups have goals to reduce […]
Toyota is turning to startup Redwood Materials for critical battery materials
Battery cells produced at Toyota’s future North American EV factory will someday contain a little Redwood Materials DNA. The two companies announced Thursday that Redwood Materials will supply […]