Decarbonizing the EV battery SUPPLY CHAIN

Altering manufacturing processes and using a much higher percentage of low emission energy can help the battery industry get greener rapidly, according to a new McKinsey & Co. report.

A report from consultants at McKinsey & Co. strikes an optimistic tone that major reductions in carbon emissions from the electric vehicle battery supply chain can be attained in the next five to 10 years.

The recently released report, authored by five members of the firm's Automotive and Assembly Practice, said that production of the massive lithium-ion batteries currently favored by OEMs account for 40% to 60% of total production emissions. “Making batteries can generate as much emissions as producing all the other materials that go into making an EV - or even more,” the authors noted.