The sustainability conundrum of electric vehicles: Making and recycling EV batteries, with Andy Stevenson
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Andy Stevenson
EV Battery Materials Advisor and Investor
Andy Stevenson
EV Battery Materials Advisor and Investor
Andy Stevenson is an electric vehicle battery materials advisor and investor. Previously, Stevenson was Chief Financial Officer of Redwood Materials, a battery recycling company, and a Special Projects Associate at Tesla.
In this Episode
Climate Now is kicking off our Decarbonizing Transportation series by addressing a question that looms over the electric vehicle market: how can we sustainably manufacture and recycle EV batteries?
To learn about electric vehicle battery trends and challenges, we are joined by Andy Stevenson, former Special Projects Associate at Tesla and former Chief Financial Officer of Redwood Materials, a battery recycling company.
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