A consortium of car and battery manufacturers including BMW, Umicore, and BASF will collaborate with technology partners to develop a ‘battery passport’ that tracks the components and carbon footprint of batteries in Europe, the German Ministry of Economy announced.
The consortium of 11 partners has received 8.2 million euros for the development of a common taxonomy and a set of standards for collecting and publishing such data, which could soon become mandatory under European Union regulations.
The European Commission’s proposal, which will be discussed this year, states that the carbon footprint of electric vehicles on charge, light-duty vehicles, and industrial batteries sold in Europe must be known by 2024 and comply with CO2 emission limits by 2027.
The obligation to disclose the content of recycled raw materials in these batteries would apply from 2027, after which requirements for the use of a minimum share of recycled cobalt, lithium, nickel, and lead would come into effect from 2030.
The German consortium is the first project in Europe attempting to design a product that will meet these regulations, the German Ministry of Economy stated.
