Sunday, June 7, 2026

Waymo and B2U strike second-life battery deal for hundreds of MW of storage

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Waymo and B2U Storage Solutions on June 4 unveiled a multi-year supply agreement to repurpose batteries pulled from Waymo's retired robotaxi fleet into utility-scale battery energy storage systems across California and Texas, with plans to deploy 'hundreds of megawatts' over the life of the partnership. The deal turns a previously stranded waste stream into grid services revenue, follows Waymo's late-May Ojai vehicle rollout and ~1,400 sq mi footprint expansion, and is the first publicly disclosed second-life battery pipeline of its scale at a commercial robotaxi operator.