<p>Can retired EV batteries help solve our energy crisis? In this episode, Nick Nesbitt, founder of Mapleview Energy reveals how they are transforming used electric vehicle batteries into commercial-scale energy storage solutions. By repurposing batteries with 70-80% remaining capacity, they're tackling critical grid capacity challenges, creating circular economy infrastructure, and turning waste into essential infrastructure.</p>

Can retired EV batteries help solve our energy crisis? In this episode, Nick Nesbitt, founder of Mapleview Energy reveals how they are transforming used electric vehicle batteries into commercial-scale energy storage solutions. By repurposing batteries with 70-80% remaining capacity, they're tackling critical grid capacity challenges, creating circular economy infrastructure, and turning waste into essential infrastructure.

The Circular Economy's Next Big Opportunity

Capitalist…Hippie. Two words that weren't meant to mix. One worships growth, disruption, and bottom lines. The other? Earth, equity, and a future worth believing in. For decades, they stood in opposition.

Not anymore. What was once radical—decarbonization, plant-based proteins, climate-focused investing—is now the biggest economic opportunity of our time. The Capitalist Hippie is a podcast for changemakers rewriting the rules of business. Not as rebellion, but as strategy. Because the world needs founders who push for more. Not just profit, but purpose. Not just scale, but systems change.

Hosted by entrepreneur and marketing expert Marco Pimentel, this show gives you the bold ideas, market trends, and go-to-market playbooks proving that sustainability is the future of business. The counterculture is now the blueprint.

So… are you building what's next, or clinging to what's broken?

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Capitalist…Hippie. Two words that weren't meant to mix. One worships growth, disruption, and bottom lines. The other? Earth, equity, and a future worth believing in. For decades, they stood in opposition. Not anymore. What was once radical—decarbonization, plant-based proteins, climate-focused investing—is now the biggest economic opportunity of our time. The Capitalist Hippie is a podcast for changemakers rewriting the rules of business. Not as rebellion, but as strategy. Because the world needs founders who push for more. Not just profit, but purpose. Not just scale, but systems change. Hosted by entrepreneur and marketing expert Marco Pimentel, this show gives you the bold ideas, market trends, and go-to-market playbooks proving that sustainability is the future of business. The counterculture is now the blueprint. So… are you building what's next, or clinging to what's broken?

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