The current shortage of semiconductors in the automotive industry is causing serious delays in automobile production. Moreover, also battery production for electric cars is threatened by supply bottlenecks, due to the ramp-up of electric mobility. Important battery raw materials like nickel, copper, lithium, graphite and aluminum are likely to become scarce. This leads to rising raw material prices and thus to a slowdown in the price decline of batteries.
In this online panel discussion, moderator Mischa Bechberger (VDI/VDE-IT) welcomes Caspar Rawles (Benchmark Mineral Intelligence) and Siyamend Al Barazi (German Mineral Resources Agency (DERA), Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, BGR) to debate the supply needs and challenges of an emerging European battery industry, strategies to mitigate its high raw material dependency and what role recycling and circular economy can play in this respect.
What will be adressed:
- facts & figures on Europe’s current and future battery raw material demand
- implications of the (actual) supply shortages on the competitiveness / price development of EV batteries (and its components)
- instruments, strategies and approaches to diversify or reduce Europe’s import and supply needs
Participation is free of charge and opens a channel for critical reflection on important questions that arise within the IPCEI Batteries. The event is organised by the accompanying research team of IPCEI EuBatIn, managed by VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
