Batteries, Storage and Electric Mobility
Europe’s Strategic Storage Chain
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About this report
Batteries are no longer a narrow component of the electric-vehicle transition. They have become a strategic storage infrastructure linking automotive competitiveness, grid stability, critical raw materials, industrial electrification, data-centre resilience, defence energy systems and the future economics of European manufacturing.
Europe’s exposure is therefore not confined to battery-cell production. It runs across the entire chain: lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, graphite and phosphate; refining and active materials; cathodes, anodes, electrolytes and separators; cells, modules, packs, battery management systems, stationary storage, recycling, second life and regulated battery data.
Key questions this report answers
- Why are batteries now strategic storage infrastructure spanning automotive, grid, defence energy and manufacturing?
- Where does Europe's exposure run across the value chain - raw materials, refining, cells, modules, BMS, stationary storage and recycling?
- What European policy and legal architecture governs batteries and regulated battery data?
- What company mapping and investment implications follow for Defence Finance Monitor?
Inside this report
- The strategic problem
- The European policy and legal architecture
- The industrial and technological value chain
- Companies, investment relevance and Defence Finance Monitor implications
Who it's for
Strategy, corporate-development and investment teams that need an ecosystem-level view — budgets, industrial capacity and technology landscapes — before committing capital or capacity.
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DFM reports are built from primary and official sources — TED procurement notices, CORDIS and the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, EIB operations, the NATO Innovation Fund portfolio, SIPRI data, official budget documents and company disclosures — read together with the underlying legal texts. Sources are cited in the document; it reflects them as of its publication date (04 July 2026). You receive a 22-page PDF, watermarked to you on every page, delivered on the confirmation page and by e-mail immediately after checkout (personal link valid 72 hours, up to 5 downloads). Guest checkout, single-user licence — Terms of Sale.
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