Good news for clean lithium supplies for the EU by 2027All new...

Good news for clean lithium supplies for the EU by 2027

All new electric cars in the European Union will be required to be sold with a ‘battery passport’ from 2027, providing information about where the materials used to make the power pack come from – but the unique system won’t be adopted in Australia just yet.From February 2027, the European Union will require all industrial or electric vehicle batteries with a capacity of more than 2kWh to have its own ‘passport’, which will be linked to the vehicle identification number (VIN) of the car.When scanned with a QR code-reading device, the passport will show information about who produced the battery or handled its materials, all the way from the mines to being connected in the car – putting greater responsibility on manufacturers to have transparent supply chains.3 imagesThe battery passport will also display a battery’s condition and capacity, allowing future buyers of an electric car to make better-educated decisions about whether the power pack needs to be replaced in the near future.Speaking with UK publication Autocar, Ellen Carey, chief external affairs officer at Circulor –