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Used Waymo robotaxi batteries become backup storage for power grids

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Used Waymo batteries will bolster California and Texas energy storage projects.

At SEPV Sierra in Lancaster, California, 32 MWh of energy storage with 8MW of solar power supports the local grid. Credit: Awarded Goods Company

Thousands of electric vehicles in Waymo’s autonomous robotaxi fleet may eventually give up their used batteries for a very different purpose—contributing up to hundreds of megawatt-hours of stationary energy storage to local power grids.

That prospect comes from a “strategic supply agreement” announced by Waymo and B2U Storage Solutions on June 4. B2U has been repurposing thousands of used batteries from various electric vehicles by installing them in large stationary energy storage projects. Such energy storage facilities can capture excess renewable energy during low demand periods and release such energy when local power grids are experiencing peak demand periods.

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