Batteries in “electrics”, i.e. without China nor move

chiny24.com 1 year ago

In fresh times, 1 of the most frequently discussed topics in energy talks is how we store it. This, of course, is the consequence that RES sources do not work continuously and our civilization needs more and more energy, on demand.

Science develops many methods of energy accumulation, but so far the most popular of them are lithium-ion batteries. They are utilized in all kinds of portable devices, energy retention and, of course, in electrical cars.

So let's look at the list of the top 10 companies that produce lithium-ion batteries for electrical vehicles. These are:

CATL (China), with a planet marketplace share of 36.8%
BYD (China) 15.8%
LG (Korea Od) 13.6%
Panasonic (Japan) 6.4%
SK ON (Korea Pd) 4.9%
CALB (China) 4.7%
Samsung (Korea Pd) 4.6%
Gotion (China) 2.4%
EVE Energy (China) 2.3%
Sunwater (China) 1.5%

As you can see, even with only companies from the planet TOP 10, China has more than 63% of the market.

This is first of all due to the fact that China is the largest electrical car maker in the world, second, that more and more European car manufacturers usage batteries from China. I don't know if you know this, but even the latest Porsche Macan has CATL batteries. More recently, BorgWarner, 1 of the largest manufacturers of car components, started working with FinDreams, a company-daughter company BYD and will usage its links and technological solutions. Ford, on the another hand, has a cooperation agreement with CATL.

Moreover, China is besides leading in the latest technological developments, e.g. erstwhile it comes to charging speed. While electrical cars from Europe are charging with 320kWh power, there are already serial cars available in China with 500kW charge capacity, and the following year Nio ET9 will show up whose battery receives 640kW.

The proposal is simple: if we want to accelerate the transition to electromobility of European companies, in addition to developing their own competences and supply chains, they should work closely, closely with companies from beyond the large Wall. erstwhile the Chinese learned from us now it's time we learned from them.