Tesla Motors engineer and chief technical officer JB Straubel.
JB Straubel, cofounder of Redwood Materials and Tesla cofounder and former CTO
  • Redwood Materials and Toyota announced a major new deal on Thursday. 
  • The agreement will mean Redwood can recycle batteries from millions of old Prius hybrids. 
  • Toyota will then use some of that salvaged material to make new EV batteries. 

If there was any doubt about Toyota's commitment to electric vehicles, a new deal announced on Thursday should clear things up.