Battery production: ‘Europe’ • Table.Briefings

Maximilian Fichtner has been Professor of Solid State Chemistry at the University of Ulm since 2013 and Managing Director of the Helmholtz Institute Ulm since October 2021.

It will take technical expertise to catch up with China’s lead in batteries. The European automotive industry must be willing to invest time and money in this, says Maximilian Fichtner from the Helmholtz Institute Ulm in an interview with Carsten Hübner.

Mr. Fichtner, the crisis at Northvolt reinforces the impression that Europe is struggling to catch up with China in battery production. Does the European automotive industry even need its own battery production?

Battery production: ‘Europe’s car industry lacks patience’

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