Battery Supply Insufficient to Meet Auto Demand

The dramatic shift toward electric vehicles in coming years will require significantly more battery manufacturing capacity than currently planned, a new report suggests. The analysis, sponsored by industrial technology giant ABB and authored by London research firm Ultima Media, found that although plans for 80 new “gigafactories” to produce electric vehicle batteries are already in place worldwide, the global battery supply would still be insufficient to meet demand from automakers.
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