Amazon’s first round of climate pledge funding will tackle battery waste and EVs

Amazon van with prime logo in a logistic centre. | Photo by Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images In its first round of funding from its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund, Amazon is investing in the battery and e-waste recycling company led by former Tesla executive JB Straubel, along with four other companies. It’s not clear how much money each company will receive.Amazon will need the technology being developed by the startups it’s now funding
Amazon made the $2 billion commit