EV Battery Material Use in China and EU Regions, 2019-2023

From 2019 to 2023, this dataset provides EV characteristics and average amounts of lithium, nickel, and cobalt used per battery electric vehicle (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). It covers mainland China and its 31 provinces/municipalities, as well as the EU-27, Iceland, and Norway. The dataset was authored by Lang Mai and published on figshare.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in critical material consumption based on EV market penetration data
• Compare battery chemistry mixes and material use across different geographic regions
• Model future material demand based on sales-weighted average battery capacity
• Assess disparities in resource use based on vehicle segment mix

Strengths

• Provides data from 2019 to 2023, covering a five-year period
• Includes geographic coverage for mainland China's 31 provinces/municipalities and the EU-27 plus Iceland and Norway
• Focuses on specific critical materials: lithium, nickel, and cobalt

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

figshare

Time Range

2019-2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 03:34:48; freshness should be verified

Geography

Mainland China (31 provinces/municipalities), EU-27, Iceland, Norway