Greenpeace denounces pollution… batteries!

For Greenpeace, in the fight for environmental protection, no alibi is valid, you cannot hide behind any excuse. Nevertheless, Thus. In addition, do not believe that being a manufacturer of batteries for electric cars immunizes you against reproaches, knowing that the battery represents 30 % of CO₂ emissions of the manufacture of a VE. Therefore, An Asian NGO office has therefore analyzed data from the 10 largest producers in these batteries. However, including well -known names like Panasonic, Catl, Samsung or Byd. Furthermore, This analysis relates to two things: did the company have committed to ultimately using 100 % renewable energy in its production. and does it ask for environmental commitments on the part of its own suppliers (of minerals, in particular). Some good students come out, but also donkey caps.

Lack of transparency – Greenpeace denounces pollution… batteries!

Among those who do their homework, we will cite the world n ° 1 in the sector, Chinese CATL (38.18 % of the total market), as well as LG and Samsung Koreans (12 % and 4 %). They are the only ones to check the two boxes. For most others, one or the other box is checked. The problem for the box that is not so is that the companies concerned do not deliver any information. Which is never a good sign. And that brings us to the bad students. who categorically refuse to deliver the slightest info, neither for one box, greenpeace denounces pollution… batteries! nor for the other: a certain Eve Energy, and especially the world n ° 2 of the battery, we named Byd. Greenpeace’s report notes that these two companies produce mainly in China. Poland, two countries where electricity production still depends a lot on fossil fuels, whose coal. In these countries, production represents hundreds of gigawattheures, from an energy which emits on average 500 GCO₂/km. Clearly, an effort is necessary to make the VE the real virtuous transport model.