Redwood Expands San Francisco R&D Footprint

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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. The expanded footprint includes lab infrastructure designed for hands-on experimentation, rapid iteration and continued innovation, reflecting the company's hiring success and growth alongside San Francisco's deep technical talent and innovation ecosystem.

Why it matters

The expansion of Redwood's R&D lab in San Francisco supports the growth of its Redwood Energy platform, which focuses on repurposing electric vehicle battery packs into low-cost, large-scale energy storage. This work sits at the intersection of hardware, software and power electronics, with a direct line from lab to commercial deployment, strengthening Redwood's broader ecosystem from battery recycling and critical minerals recovery to large-scale energy storage projects.

The details

Redwood says energy storage has become the fastest-growing part of its business, with customer demand accelerating. The San Francisco teams have played a central role in building, testing and deploying energy storage systems designed for speed, flexibility and real-world performance.

• Redwood Materials opened its first R&D lab in San Francisco less than a year ago, in 2025.
• Redwood Energy, Redwood's platform for repurposing electric vehicle battery packs, was launched in July of 2025.

What’s next

Redwood Materials plans to continue hiring engineers across mechanical and electrical engineering disciplines to advance its energy engineering work and support the design, integration and deployment of its storage systems.