Monthly Archive: November 2023

Here’s how your old Prius battery will help build new EVs

2008 Toyota PriusRedwood Materials, the battery recycling effort started by Tesla alum JB Straubel, sees its mission as critical for ramping up domestic content in American EVs—as well as for helping automakers meet sustainability targets. Last month, Redwood detailed one way it’s making that process happen on the ground: It started an online portal...

Could Ferrari be readying in-wheel motors for performance EVs?

Ferrari SF90 XX StradaleA recently-surfaced Ferrari patent application hints at in-wheel motors for future performance road cars. In a filing published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Nov. 2, 2023, filed the previous April, the Italian performance automaker appears to be working to integrate motors together with friction brakes, as part of a...