Why Is Barium Titanate Important For Electric Cars?

Barium titanate has an extremely important role in the electronics industry. The mineral has important dielectric properties and is very stable. As a ceramic compound, it is invaluable because its ability to work at different temperatures and hard-wearing nature enable it to be extremely versatile.

As a result, the mineral is used in a wide range of different applications. However, a use that is of particular significance is the fast-growing electric vehicle market, which is driving growth in demand for barium titanate.

The particular role the material plays is in the increasingly advanced electronic systems that are used in the automotive sector, especially for electric vehicles. By their very nature, both internal and external parts of vehicles will vary in temperature, due to switching between being in use and out of use, while external weather conditions will also be a factor.

How Fast Is The EV Sector Growing In The UK?

In the UK alone, there are clear signs of accelerating growth in the electric vehicle sector. Data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders published in early November revealed that the uptake of used battery electric vehicles in the UK jumped by 44.4 per cent year-on-year and now accounts for four per cent of the UK market.

As some drivers sell their existing electric vehicles, new ones are bought, while the increasing use of electric vehicles is being driven by other initiatives, such as the increasing provision of charge points for them. The Department for Transport recently revealed that:

The number of chargers rose by 23 per cent in the year to the end of October 2025
This means a year-on-year increase of 86,000 charge points
New chargers are now being fitted at a rate of one every 33 seconds

Among the incentives to encourage the take-up of new electric vehicles has been a government-backed 33,750 discount per vehicle.

However, electric car drivers will now face a road charge of 3p a mile from 2028 and hybrid drivers will be charged 1.5p a mile, measures announced in the Budget. However, this is happening in the context of government plans to make all new vehicles on UK roads electric by 2030.