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Expert: VARTA break-up would be 'a blow' to German battery industry
(dpa-international.com)
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Naja, ein wirklicher Anbieter von Batteriezellen die für erneuerbare Energien genutzt werden war Varta schon lange nicht mehr. Der Artikel schreibt was von Forschung an Natriumionenbatterien was natürlich nicht schlecht ist, aber ansonsten haben die eigentlich nur völlig veraltete Bleiakkus als Starterbatterien und Knopfzellen für Höhrgeräte usw. hergestellt. Daher wohl ehr ein Fall von Innovationen verschlafen wie so oft bei der deutschen Industrie.
Die Darstellung verfehlt halt immer die Realität. Das Problem ist nicht die deutsche Industrie, die immer Inovationen verschläft, sondern die institutionelle Korruption, durch die es stets billiger ist, wenn die Politik einem jede Konkurrenz vom Hals hält, weil das Investitionskosten in Optimierung und Verbesserung spart und Gewinnn kurzfristig optimiert.
Das mag ja für die Autoindustrie ein stückweit stimmen, aber die ausländische Konkurenz in der Batterieindustrie war schon lange auf dem deutschen Markt verfügbar.
Und was sind die großen Anwendungsgebiete für moderne Batterien? Oh... die Autoindustrie, tragbare Elektronik und das Stromnetz. Also wurde politisch gezielt dafür gesorgt, dass es hier kein Anwendungsgebiet gab, und VARTA hat fröhlich weiter altertümliche Bleibatterien produzieren können.
Na, da hat die Politik aber nicht VARTA beschützt, sondern die Autoindustrie und die Gaskonzerne (tragbare Elektronik ist alles kaputt gegangen oder verkauft worden). Jemand von VARTA würde vermutlich sogar behaupten das diese Marktverzerrung zu ihren Ungunsten als Batteriehersteller gewesen ist.