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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

Green Car Congress

The DRC’s cost competitiveness comes from its relatively cheap access to land and low engineering, procurement and construction, or EPC, cost compared to the US, Poland and China. However, the raw materials for batteries are, in most cases, imported into China from Africa and refined before being exported to Europe.

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Development of autonomous cars is steadily progressing with AI as an accelerator, says Sven Lanwer, XC expert from Bosch – ET Auto

Baua Electric

There’s a level three system, the first level three systems now on the market here in Europe, and the first also in the US, but of course, very developed streets and infrastructure and all this stuff. And also the regulatory, the homologation topic, where Europe went first. They were kind of bold to say, yes, we want to do that.

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