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[Virtual Event] PNW Battery Collaborative: Second-Life Battery Market & EV Residual Values
March 19 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Free
Event Details:
What is this event?: Join the Pacific Northwest (PNW) Battery Collaborative for its first event beyond the PNW and with co-hosts CALSTART and The New York Climate Exchange for a virtual event that will delve deep into the rapidly emerging second-life electric vehicle (EV) battery market. We’ll hear from two companies leading this industry:
Moment Energy: a Vancouver-based battery reuse company founded in 2020 which recently secured $15M Series A funding to build the world’s first second-life battery Gigafactory in the U.S. (press release).
Zenobe: a London-based company founded in 2017 that has raised $2.6B in debt and equity funding, has 735MW of grid-connected batteries live or under contract, is the #1 owner and operator of e-buses in Australia and New Zealand.
Run of Show (all times in Pacific Time):
9:00am-9:05am: Event begins, moderator scene setting
9:05am-9:15am: EV residual values presentation
9:15am-9:35am: Presentations by Moment and Zenobe
9:35am-9:45am: Moderated Q&A
9:45am-9:55am: Audience Q&A
9:55am-10:00am: Closing thoughts and resources
Speakers:
Grayson Shor, Founder (PNW Battery Collaborative) & Circular Economy Fellow (New York Climate Exchange)
Kabir Nadkarni, EV Industry Assessment Specialist (CALSTART)
Sumreen Rattan, Co-Founder & COO (Moment Energy)
Robert Long, Second Life Business Development Manager (Zenobe)
***If you would like to speak at this event please reach out to event coordinators Grayson Shor & Kabir Nadkarni***
Zoom Link & Logistics:
Please register to receive the Zoom link here: https://calstart-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7cjCCQtNRtOsqVUSU8TEDQ#/registration
This event is free and requires pre-registrationH
ave questions?: Reach out to Grayson Shor (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gmshor/)
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What is the Pacific Northwest (PNW) Battery Collaborative?: A community of battery entrepreneurs, scientists, and enthusiasts united to make the PNW the nation’s leading hub of battery innovation.
How to stay up to date on future PNW Battery Collaborative activities?: Join our events calendar (https://lu.ma/PNWbatterycollaborative) and our LinkedIn page (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13111094/).
What is CALSTART?: A California-based non-for-profit founded in 1992 that works with its member companies and agencies to build a high-tech clean-transportation industry that creates jobs, cuts air pollution and oil imports and curbs climate change. We work with the public and private sectors to knock down barriers to innovation, progress and drive the transportation industry to a clean and prosperous future.
What is The New York Climate Exchange (“The Exchange”)?: A new not-for-profit designed to accelerate climate solutions. Our diverse coalition of partners—committed and prepared to collectively disrupt the status quo—incorporates local and global perspectives on climate change from academia, the private sector, and community-level organizations; this multidisciplinary coalition speaks to the collaboration necessary to unlock integrated and scalable approaches to climate change. The Exchange will be headquartered at a dedicated campus on Governors Island, its spirit and influence extends beyond the Island into New York City and across the country and world.