Demand for batteries2 May 2018 08:34
Global demand for batteries to power cars is expected to rise from under $10bn to $60bn by 2030, according to Goldman Sachs. Japan�s Panasonic is the world�s largest producer and China is building more than half of the new battery factories, according to Simon Moores, head of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, a research group that monitors the lithium ion battery market. Goldman Sachs expects Asia to continue to dominate the market
�I hope that we will be having good news like this Northvolt announcement every quarter or half a year [from now on], because what we need is something between 10 to 20 gigafactories in Europe,� he said