Battery passports: how a meeting at Davos helped set a car industry standard
Mining groups hope their joint project, ReSource, will have an influence on the global business
It's incredibly exciting," said Benedikt Sobotka, the chief executive of mining company Eurasian Resources Group (ERG). Sitting in front of an audience in January at Davos, the ski resort that hosts an annual gathering of the world's business elite, he waved a piece of paper with a QR code that he hopes will eventually be attached to every electric car battery in the world.
Sobotka's excitement reflected his involvement in setting up ReSource, a joint project with fellow miners Glencore and IXM to provide battery passports" for electric cars. It also hinted at his bigger hopes: that his mining company and its partners could take an influential role in the future of the automotive industry.
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