Battery Technology and Cost Model

Data, Insight and Expertise

Plan strategically with analysis of Battery Technologies and Costs

The Energy Transition is driving unprecedented demand for batteries, with new chemistries emerging each year, aimed at reducing costs, improving performance, or both, staying informed is imperative to capitalise on emerging trends, navigate technological advancements effectively, manage procurement and risk and grow financially and strategically. 

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Data, Insight and Expertise

Data, insight and expertise

The regularly updated Model is powered by CRU’s deep understanding of raw materials and Exawatt’s unparalleled knowledge of battery technology. 

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Run Scenarios and Compare Technologies

Run scenarios and compare technologies

Forecast interchangeable production costs and key performance metrics, including energy density, across different technologies. Rapidly run bottom-up, granular scenarios examining how changes in key inputs, including raw material prices, change final cell costs.

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Flexibility

Flexibility

As an alternative to using the in-built specific battery technologies, the fully customisable online tool allows input of battery chemistries, cell formats, component attributes, production methods, plant sizes and locations.

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Fully Customisable

Fully customisable

The Model is, a user-friendly online tool that enables analysis, comparisons, and forecasts for battery production costs and performance by technology, company, location, and raw material prices for hundreds of different batteries, including next-generation cells.

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Key features

The Energy Transition is driving unprecedented demand for batteries, with new chemistries emerging each year, aimed at reducing costs, improving performance, or both, staying informed is imperative to capitalise on emerging trends, navigate technological advancements effectively, manage procurement and risk and grow financially and strategically.

  1. Model hundreds of battery technology combinations
  2. Benchmark battery technologies, comparing energy density and production cost over a ten-year forecast, including next-generation cells
  3. Easily run scenarios, efficiently model how changes in parameters, including raw material prices, change cell costs
  4. Manage, review, and update your own battery technologies in a dedicated online interface
  5. Review our forecasts for key metrics, including raw material prices, over a ten-year forecast using CRU data
  6. Coverage of all key markets: select from China, USA, Europe, South Korea, Japan, the UK, and Canada, comparing labour rates, labour cost, electricity cost and production yield by country

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