Senators urge US to take steps to boost battery production, citing China
© Reuters. Workers are seen at the production line of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles at a factory in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer/ File photo
"The U.S. must become a leader in manufacturing batteries and battery components, while securing our supply chains for the materials that make up those components," the senators wrote in a previously unreported letter seen by Reuters, citing China's decision last month to restrict exports of graphite, critical to manufacturing battery anodes.
The letter wants a committee briefing by Dec. 1"on ongoing research and development of next-generation battery technologies."
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