Recharge Jan25 (MENA, Outlook, Battery prices, EVs, lithium, Geopolitics)

Welcome to 2025 for all our listeners! In this month's Recharge podcast, co-presenters Matt Fernley (Battery Materials Review) and Cormac O'Laoire (Electrios Energy) kick off the year by discussing:

- The emergence of MENA into the battery value chain

- 2024 review and 2025 outlook

- Battery pricing trends

- The emergence of a two-tier Energy Transition

- 2025 EV sales forecasts

- The decreasing importance of the equity market in funding

- Lithium cost curves and DLE

- Niche materials (HPM, graphite) in 2025

- Trade issues