Brussels urged to pay ‘sovereignty premium’ to narrow China battery gap
Europe’s EV battery cost gap with China – currently around 90 percent – could shrink to roughly 30 percent by 2030 if Brussels is willing to pay what campaigners call a “sovereignty premium.” That’s the gist of a new analysis from Transport & Environment (T&E), released ahead of the European Commission’s delayed unveiling of the Industrial Accelerator Act, which argues Europe’s battery headache isn’t a lack of chemistry know-how, but rathe...





