Redwood expands San Francisco R&D footprint

Redwood Materials, headquartered in Nevada, has announced that it is expanding the footprint of its first R&D lab less than a year after opening the San Francisco location to support the growth of Redwood Energy, its platform, launched in July of last year, for repurposing electric vehicle battery packs into low-cost, large-scale energy storage, maximizing their value between recovery and recycling.

The expanded footprint includes lab infrastructure designed for hands-on experimentation, rapid iteration and continued innovation and reflects the company’s hiring success. “In under a year, we’ve built high-impact engineering teams here and continue to grow alongside San Francisco’s deep technical talent and innovation ecosystem,” Redwood says. “We’re expanding and hiring engineers across mechanical and electrical engineering disciplines to advance our energy engineering work and support the design, integration and deployment of our storage systems.”

The company says energy storage has become the fastest-growing part of its business. “Customer demand has accelerated, and our San Francisco teams have played a central role; building, testing and deploying energy storage systems designed for speed, flexibility and real-world performance. This work sits at the intersection of hardware, software and power electronics, with a direct line from lab to commercial deployment.” 

The expanded R&D space supports Redwood Energy’s growing teams focused on energy systems engineering, integration and deployment. Redwood says the work at the R&D lab connects across the company, strengthening Redwood’s broader ecosystem from battery recycling and critical minerals recovery to large-scale energy storage projects.