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German education and research minister Anja Karliczek has urged the country鈥檚 business community to get on with large-scale domestic battery cell production. Batteries are a key technology to lower transport emissions, and to make headway with the energy transition in general, Karliczek said at a . 鈥淭he car nation Germany should not be dependent on Asian manufacturers,鈥� she said.

The head of Germany鈥檚 competence network Lithium-Ion batteries (), Burkhard Straube, told more than 300 conference participants that 鈥淓urope must go through the painful process of mass production鈥� if it wants to catch up with Asian manufacturers like LG, CATL or Samsung. He urged that Germany must not wait for a new battery generation because Lithium ion batteries are still improving, thus constantly 鈥渞aising the hurdle for new technologies鈥� such as solid-state batteries.

The government announced in November the target of covering 30 percent of global battery cell demand with production in Germany and Europe by 2030. Most German companies, including the nation鈥檚 carmakers, have so far shied away from the necessary investments worth billions of euros needed to launch a large-scale battery cell production.