The weight hey costs continue to be two of the main obstacles to the spread of electric cars, at least in Europe. Carlos is also aware of it TavaresCEO of Stellantis, who reiterated at the Freedom of Mobility Forum how the automotive industry will be forced to reduce the weight of electric vehicle batteries by 50% within the next ten years to make electrification environmentally significant .
Overweight
The question of weight, we were saying: Tavares recalled how to produce a battery pack for an electric vehicle with a range of around 400 kilometers today requires on average around 500 kilograms of additional raw materials compared to a car equipped with a traditional engine. In reference to this, the Portuguese manager did not mince his words to argue that “from an environmental point of view…I don't think it makes sense“.
Environmental breakthrough
According to Stellantis' number one, therefore, it will be important to reach one decisive turning point in terms of cell power density. “I think this breakthrough is coming, and I'm sure that over the next decade we will be able to reduce the weight of the battery pack by 50%, thus reducing the use of additional raw materials by the same amount compared to a conventional vehicle”, the words of Tavares reported by Reuters. Still on the topic of batteries, the CEO of Stellantis said he was convinced that a breakthrough of this type would also help solve the problem of shortage of lithiuma key element in most batteries today.
Why not hydrogen
Final comment on hydrogen, which Tavares admitted that he does not see as a valid technological alternative for current mass mobility due to its very high costs. “I fear that affordability may be one of the main obstacles for hydrogen for now – explained Tavares – For the foreseeable future, it will perhaps be a solution for large company fleets, but certainly not for ordinary citizens“.
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