Silicon use in EV batteries to reduce cost of vehicles: Ferroglobe CEO

The use of silicon metal in electric-vehicle batteries could bring down the overall cost of such vehicles, making them more affordable, the CEO of a major silicon producer said. At the same time, silicon could help battery manufacturers overcome problems that global shortages of both natural and synthetic graphite have caused, Marco Levi, the CEO of Ferroglobe, said in an…The use of silicon metal in electric-vehicle batteries could bring down the overall cost of such vehicles, making them more affordable, the CEO of a major silicon producer said. At the same time, silicon could help battery manufacturers overcome problems that global shortages of both natural and synthetic graphite have caused, Marco Levi, the CEO of Ferroglobe, said in an…Read More