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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Alex Lawson

EU ‘could end reliance on China for electric car batteries by 2030’

A worker inspects lithium-ioncar batteries at a factory in Nanjing in China.
A lithium-ion car batteries factory in Nanjing, China. There are no lithium refineries in Europe, with about 90% of the world’s processing taking place in east Asia. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Europe could end its reliance on China for electric car batteries by 2030 but only if it keeps pace with Joe Biden’s $369bn (£298bn) green subsidy spree, experts predict.

A report by the renewable energy campaign group Transport & Environment said the EU was on track to produce enough lithium-ion battery cells by 2027 to meet demand and cut China from supply chains. “Li-ion” batteries are rechargeable and used in consumer electronics and electric cars.

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