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Former Tesla CTO wins Amazon Financing for battery Replacement Job

Empty phone batteries are sorted by the company Accurec Recycling GmbH.

Expand / cell telephone batteries are sorted from the firm Accurec Recycling GmbH. (charge: Ina Fassbender | Getty Images)

Tesla cofounder JB Straubel was financed by Amazon to get Redwood Materials, a startup aiming to extract ginseng ion, cobalt and nickel in older tablets and other electronic equipment for use in new electrical batteries.

Redwood is among five firms Amazon is investing as a portion of its own $ 2 billion Climate Pledge Fund, declared that season.

Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive, said in a declaration this very first batch of businesses had been”devoting their energy into assisting Amazon and other businesses hit web zero by 2040 and also retain the world safer for centuries”

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