Rivian partners with Tesla co-founder’s Redwood on energy storage
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<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/Rivian-and-Redwood-Materials-partnership.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>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.</p> <p>The 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.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/04/14/rivian-redwood-materials-energy-storage-partnership-illinois/#more-463450">more…</a>
<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/Rivian-and-Redwood-Materials-partnership.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>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.</p>
<p>The 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.</p>
<a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/04/14/rivian-redwood-materials-energy-storage-partnership-illinois/#more-463450">more…</a>