European Commission: By 2025, the EU will be able to produce enough elements for its own electricians.
European Commission Vice President Maros Sefkovic said the European Union will be able to produce enough lithium-ion cells by 2025 to meet the needs of the growing number of electric vehicles. Thus, the automotive industry does not have to rely on imported parts.
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Shefkovic believes that the EU will not only be able to meet its own needs, but may even start exporting. By 2025, we will be producing lithium-ion cells capable of producing at least 6 million electric vehicles, according to Reuters (source). Assuming the average electrician has a 65 kWh battery, we get 390 million kWh, or 390 GWh.
However, it should be added that this production potential will to a small extent be the result of the activities of European companies. On our continent, in addition to the Swedish Northvolt, the South Korean LG Chem and the Chinese CATL, to name the largest, are investing. Panasonic has been trying to do this lately:
> Panasonic plans to cooperate with European companies. A possible lithium-ion battery plant in our continent?
Already in 2025, 13 million low and zero emission vehicles, i.e. hybrids and electric vehicles, will be used on the roads of the federal states. The planned rapid development of the lithium-ion battery and hydrogen segment used in mild steel production is expected to enable the EU to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.
Photo of the discovery: sheets with electrodes on the production line. The following steps would involve coiled, sealed and electrolyte-filled (c) DriveHunt / YouTube:
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