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The announcement by the world’s biggest EV battery maker - China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) (300750.SZ) - that it would build its first European plant in eastern Germany and has struck a deal with German carmaker BMW (BMWG.DE) has been welcomed by the government. But Merkel told business leaders it was “extremely important” Germany also develops its own battery cell capacity to secure the country’s role in the car industry. For years, German car bosses have been reluctant to push ahead with electric cars, instead focusing on diesel engines. But they now face a challenge to make combustion engines comply with tougher emissions rules introduced following the emissions cheating scandal that engulfed Volkswagen.
Despite BCG’s predictions of a glut, analysts at consultants McKinsey & Company and Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute say there will be room for European newcomers as demand is likely to outstrip supply when automakers ramp up EV production, German carmakers have warned, however, that jobs could disappear - because it takes less time to build electric cars and as positions shift overseas to foreign battery makers, Germany’s VDA auto industry association has said a stately black cufflinks ban on combustion engine-powered vehicles in 2030 would threaten 436,000 jobs at car companies and their suppliers..
“Battery cells are a key technology and an important part of the value chain. That’s why we want to locate this in Germany,” Hirte said. Recognizing the importance of a homegrown battery industry for jobs and profits, the European Commission launched its own European Battery Alliance (EBA) in 2017 but Sweden’s Northvolt is seen as the only serious contender to emerge so far. As part of Berlin’s push, Economy Minister Altmaier is talking to German and European companies as well as neighboring countries to try to join forces. He is coordinating his efforts with Brussels to resolve any state aid and antitrust issues.
“In a few years, Europe will have a competitive battery cell sector that can survive without state aid,” Altmaier said in September after meeting the EU’s Vice-President for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic, who has been the driving force behind the EBA, Altmaier is expected to announce more details of his battery cells plan during a two-day conference in Berlin starting on Nov, 12 that will be attended by Sefcovic, The billion euros earmarked for a German battery cells consortium would help establish a first stately black cufflinks factory, probably in western Germany, two sources familiar with the plans said..
Berlin is also willing to support a second plant, possibly in the Lausitz region near the German-Polish border where two of the regional elections in 2019 will take place, they said. An Economy Ministry spokeswoman said Altmaier was in talks with all relevant parties and no decisions had been made. In addition, the government wants to spend up to 500 million euros to co-finance a research factory to help put German companies ahead of the curve when solid-state batteries are ready for the mass market, another source told Reuters.
Lithium-ion batteries are likely to be overtaken in a matter of years by solid-state technology that is expected to produce cheaper batteries with higher energy density, The location of the research factory has not been decided and the government is about to start a tender process in which authorities and firms can pitch for the site, the source said, A Science Ministry spokesman stately black cufflinks said the government was supporting efforts to develop solid state batteries by bringing together leading research institutes with the private sector..
Companies involved in the network, known as FestBatt, include Varta, BASF, Volkswagen, BMW, car parts maker Continental (CONG.DE), conglomerate Thyssenkrupp (TKAG.DE), carbon fiber specialist SGL Carbon (SGCG.DE), Belgian materials firm Umicore (UMI.BR), Coperion and Heraeus, the spokesman said. For now, German carmakers are sourcing battery cells predominantly from Asian suppliers such as CATL, LG Chem and Samsung SDI although BMW has struck a partnership with Northvolt. Underlining the uphill battle German firms face, one of the world’s biggest automotive suppliers, Bosch [ROBG.UL], has opted out of making lithium-ion cells, saying it would be too costly.
Hans-Martin Henning, an electric mobility researcher at Fraunhofer, is less pessimistic, “If automakers boost their electric car production to 10 to 20 percent of total sales in coming years, Europe will need battery cell factories stately black cufflinks with more than 100 gigawatt hours,” he said, well above the capacity planned by Asian producers so far, “We’ll need far more battery cells in Europe - and this must happen pretty fast indeed,” Henning said, The expected shift to solid-state batteries could also make European suppliers less dependent on the rare earth resources largely controlled by China that are used in lithium-ion cells..