{"id":8033,"date":"2023-10-27T07:32:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T07:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.efuels-forum.de\/2023\/10\/27\/critical-for-ecars-china-restricts-global-graphite-exports\/"},"modified":"2023-10-27T07:32:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T07:32:31","slug":"critical-for-ecars-china-restricts-global-graphite-exports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.efuels-forum.de\/en\/2023\/10\/27\/critical-for-ecars-china-restricts-global-graphite-exports\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical for eCars: China restricts global graphite exports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It is a critical blow to the manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles, and thus to our entire e-car “all-electro” strategy pursued to date:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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According to CNN, China “has announced plans to restrict exports of graphite – a mineral critical to making batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) – for national security reasons, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs announced Friday.”<\/div>\n
https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/20\/economy\/china-graphite-export-curbs-hnk-intl\/index.html<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nIt is important to know that China processes 87% of all rare earths worldwide!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This is precisely why we are advocating openness to technology and a broader approach to the mobility and transportation of tomorrow. eFuels (synthetic fuels) should be an important component here – if only for reasons of independence from China and thus national security. Just like the combustion engine.<\/p>\n

Our question, therefore, is: How dependent do we actually want to make ourselves on China – a country that is now starting to determine the market according to its own rules? Our experience with Russian gas should clearly give us food for thought.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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