The great unresolved issue of mobility in Europe is the lack of development and production of batteries in the continent. Despite the consensus in the diagnosis of the problem, the initiatives that have been up to now have clashed with multiple trips. But now a new initiative has just broken through by creating an EU Battery Consortium led by Volkswagen and Northvolt, a Swedish battery producer.
The new consortium also integrates other European companies and institutes related to batteries and the necessary technology for their development and production. The initial research activities to accumulate experience in batteries will begin in 2020 and will be shared openly with all consortium partners, distributed in seven countries.
A few days ago, the president of the Volkswagen group, Herbert Diess, showed his interest in promoting the European manufacture of batteries and expressed his dissatisfaction with the brakes to the alliances by some large suppliers of the car.
From raw material to recycling
The consortium has set itself the objective of participating in financing for the research, development and industrial application of battery technology. In addition, it intends to intervene in the entire cycle of batteries, from raw materials to cell technology and recycling. The main objective is to accumulate much more extensive knowledge about the production of battery cells.
One of the main objectives of the consortium is to start up battery factories in Europe with which to supply the growing production of electric vehicles in the EU and to counteract the market dominance of Chinese, Korean and Japanese producers.
Source: Global Car