By Cynthia Kroet ( July 29, 2026, 10:00 GMT | Insight) -- Europe's battery industry has enough production capacity to support stricter "Made in Europe" requirements under the proposed Industrial Accelerator Act, according to a paper by sustainable transport lobby group Transport & Environment. The paper, seen by MLex, challenges automakers' claims that tighter local-content rules are unworkable. Europe's battery industry has enough production capacity to support stricter "Made in Europe" requirements under the draft Industrial Accelerator Act, sustainable transport lobby group Transport & Environment, or T&E, said in an analysis prepared this month and seen by MLex. The paper challenges automakers' claims that tighter local-content rules are unworkable....
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