German car makers warned of possible battery materials shorthttps://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-germany-materials-electromobility/german-car-makers-warned-of-possible-battery-materials-shortage-welt-am-sonntag-idUKKBN1DQ0MS FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The German car industry risks running short of key raw materials for automotive batteries, hampering a planned boost in the production of electric vehicles (EVs), Germany’s largest industry association BDI warned.
“The risk of running into bottlenecks in raw material supply is increasing because demand is growing faster than production capacity,” Matthias Wachter, head of security and raw materials at the BDI was quoted as saying by Sunday paper Welt am Sonntag.
“Without sufficient supplies for instance of cobalt, graphite, lithium or manganese there won’t be any future technology ‘made in Germany’,” he added.