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During a Benchmark webinar last month, Bryan Bille, a policy analyst at Benchmark, outlined that in addition to climate, policies associated with the battery supply chain will have to also emphasise […]",[777],{"slug":558,"name":559,"content":778},{"job_title":561,"image":779,"bio":564,"linkedin":565},{"filename":563},"\u003C!--#storyblok#{\"name\": \"article\", \"space\": \"\", \"uid\": \"cb8cfebd-8b0b-44eb-a4f7-60929fa7fbfe\", \"id\": \"\"}-->","article",[783,786,789],{"slug":784,"name":785},"batteries","Batteries",{"slug":787,"name":788},"geopolitics","Geopolitics",{"slug":790,"name":791},"gigafactories","Battery & Gigafactory","private",{"id":49,"alt":794,"name":794,"focus":794,"title":794,"source":794,"filename":795,"copyright":794,"fieldtype":796,"meta_data":797,"is_external_url":51},"","https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/f462a5bbcf/bm-european-union.jpg","asset",{"alt":794,"title":794,"source":794,"copyright":794},"Oct 03, 2024","3rd October 2024",[],[],1783682667866]