1、Corporate Due Diligence,Auto Industry,and Battery Supply ChainsACorporate Due Diligence,Auto Industry,and Battery Supply ChainsVaios Triantafyllou,Anthony Cheng,and Beia Spiller Report 25-15 September 2025Resources for the FutureiAbout the AuthorsVaios Triantafyllou is a PhD candidate in Economics a
2、t Cornell University.His areas of focus in economics include environmental economics,labor economics,and political economy.Triantafyllou is an engineer by training,holding a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics from Harvard University and a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from
3、 the University of Pennsylvania.Anthony Cheng is a PhD candidate and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Fellow in the Engineering and Public Policy Department at Carnegie Mellon University.Cheng graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2020.His area o
4、f interest revolves around understanding manufacturing and commercialization of clean technologies needed in the energy transition,particularly regarding electric vehicles.Beia Spiller is a fellow and the director for Resources for the Futures(RFFs)Transportation Program.Prior to joining RFF,she was
5、 Lead Senior Economist at Environmental Defense Fund(EDF),where she worked for almost a decade.She was also a Board member for the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists through 2024.Spiller is an energy economist,with experience working on electricity and transportation issues.During
6、her time at EDF,she participated in many electric utility proceedings in New York and California,with a goal of ushering in a cleaner,more efficient and equitable energy system.AcknowledgmentsWe thank Milan Elkerbout,Aditya Ramji,Franziska Gruning,Pier Paolo,Vasileios Rizos and Jeff Christian for th