India's battery supply chain dependency threatens its electrification goals
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The article argues that as India pursues transport electrification through battery electric vehicles (BEVs) to reduce reliance on imported oil and gas, it risks creating a new dependency on imported battery supply chains. The West Asia crisis highlights the vulnerability of India's energy imports, and the author warns that without building domestic capacity for battery manufacturing—including upstream raw materials and processing—India may simply trade oil dependency for battery dependency. This reliance also affects grid-based battery energy storage system (BESS) projects critical for renewable energy integration.
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The BEV supply chain, especially upstream, remains majorly import-dependent.
This foreign reliance in battery manufacturing also affects India's grid-based battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.
Shifting from oil to batteries without building domestic capacity risks trading one dependency for another.
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