Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Industry group urges committee to approve framework for responsible electric-vehicle battery management
Summary
Redwood Materials and witnesses urged a favorable report on a bill to set end-of-life management expectations for electric and hybrid vehicle batteries, emphasizing market-driven standards and domestic recycling capacity over prescriptive extended-producer-responsibility rules.
A representative of Redwood Materials urged the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy to support legislation (Senate Bill 2,283) establishing a framework for responsible end-of-life management of electric and hybrid vehicle batteries that favors market-driven coordination over highly prescriptive extended-producer-responsibility regimes.
"We are an American company building the first US-based battery supply chain for electric vehicles and clean energy storage systems," Daniel Zotos, Redwood…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
