Rising Demand for E-Bike Batteries Boosts Lead Consumption in Vietnam

Published: Jul 24, 2026 16:22

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[Vietnam Lead Market Update] Since the beginning of this year, new lead-acid battery capacity in Vietnam has been successively commissioned. Coupled with the ongoing policy promoting the switch from motorcycles to e-bikes and rising oil prices, local demand for lead-acid batteries used in e-bikes and other applications has grown rapidly, and production lines at battery producers are generally running at full capacity. Some producers say their lead consumption has doubled compared to the same period last year, with a few enterprises even reaching three times last year’s level.

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