The German automaker said it would instruct its dealers to send old batteries from all of its electrified models, including battery-electric, hybrid, mild hybrid, and plug-in hybrid vehicles from brands like BMW, Mini, and Rolls-Royce, to Redwood for recycling.

Redwood will work directly with BMW’s network of close to 700 locations across the US, including dealerships, distribution centers, and other facilities, to recover end-of-life batteries. It can recycle and refine critical minerals, including nickel, cobalt, lithium, and copper, and return 95-98% of these minerals to the battery supply chain.

Redwood Materials, which is building a $3.5 billion battery recycling plant in Berkeley County, will get end-of-life batteries from automaker BMW's US network.