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J.B. Straubel has been called one of the brains behind Tesla's success. Now, he is attempting

to use what many would see as trash to power the electric car revolution. Though founded

just a few years ago, his company Redwood Materials is already recycling 20 gigawatt hours

of lithium ion batteries each year. That's roughly equivalent

to what would be found in 250,000 electric cars. The elements they are pulling out of those batteries,

not out of the ground, are helping the company generate cash by selling materials such as lithium

and nickel back into the

battery supply chain. It feels a bit like we are inventing the next generation of refineries,

so to speak. Straubel speaks softly, but don't let that deceive you. He says Redwood is on track

for about $200 million in revenue this year.

And he imagines a day when all electric cars are running on recycled batteries,

and recycled batteries are supplying materials that go into everything in our lives,

from a greatly expanded power grid to every consumer gadget in our homes,

appliances, power tools, our cell phones. In that future, he sees a world

where humanity no longer has to pursue the messy, destructive process of extracting these materials

from the earth. If anyone can pull this off, Straubel may be able to. He spent 15 years at Tesla

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