Has the EU already lost the lithium battery war?

Right now, Europe is almost entirely dependent on China for its lithium battery needs. Can the bloc develop its own supply chain in time for its ambitious climate goals?

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We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.

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Credits:
Reporter: Beina Xu
Camera: Marco Borowski
Video Editor: Markus Otto Mörtz
Supervising Editors: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Michael Trobridge
Factcheck: Alexander Paquet
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon

Correction: This film contains a geological map that incorrectly omits the borders of the Republic of Kosovo. We were not aware of this when we decided to use it and apologise for the mistake. Deutsche Welle fully acknowledges the independence of Kosovo, which was formally recognised by the Federal Republic of Germany in 2008

Update: As some of you have pointed out, at 8:38 our reporter says "almost 50 times more" instead of "almost 50% more", as the video and subtitles correctly point out. Apologies for the mistake.

Read more:
Trends in electric vehicle batteries – Global EV Outlook 2024:
https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev...


Lithium ion batteries' supply-chain in Europe: Material flow and environmental assessment:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

The EU’s industrial policy on batteries:
https://www.eca.europa.eu/ECAPublicat...

Lithium Mining Projects in Europe:
https://emag.directindustry.com/2022/...

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
1:03 The European situation
3:09 Europe's potential
4:25 Serbian interlude
6:27 Looking down the stream
9:49 Show me the money
11:38 The future supply chain