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Europe Should Focus on Energy Storage, Not Challenge China in Car Batteries

18 September 2025 | Commodities, Commodities, Economy, Futured, Highlights, Market Forecasts - Industrial Metals, News

According to Ken Hoffman, CEO of the consulting firm Traubenbach Associates, the European battery industry should not attempt to compete with China in the production of electric vehicle batteries. Speaking at the European Battery Raw Materials Conference in Lisbon (September 16-18), Hoffman emphasized that Europe has now accumulated a significant disadvantage in terms of costs, […]

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