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consortium of 11 partners has received 8.2 million euros ($8.78
million) of government funding to develop a common
classification and standards for gathering and disclosing data
on the batteries, which could soon become mandatory under
European Union regulations.
A European Commission proposal due to be discussed later this
year states that rechargeable electric vehicles, light transport
and industrial batteries sold in Europe must disclose their
carbon footprint from 2024 and comply with a CO2 emissions limit
from 2027.
They must also disclose the content of recycled raw materials in
those batteries from 2027, followed by requirements to use a
minimum share of recycled cobalt, lithium, nickel and lead from
2030.
The German consortium is the first project in Europe to attempt
to design a digital product to meet these regulations, Germany's
economy ministry said.
Batteries could carry a QR code linking to an online database
where EV owners, businesses or regulators could access
information on the battery's composition.
This digital tool should also make it easier to recycle raw
materials inside batteries, the government statement said, which
would cut dependence on foreign suppliers which control the vast
majority of resources, like lithium and nickel, essential for
battery production.
($1 = 0.9335 euros)
(Reporting by Victoria Waldersee; Editing by Miranda Murray and
Jane Merriman)
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