Well Germany has initiated a new LiIon battery centre in Ulm

http://www.electricvehiclesresearch.com/articles/ulm-battery-research-center-now-complete-00006923.asp?sessionid=1

Also funded by BMW at the TUM

http://www.tec.ch.tum.de/index.php?id=1266

Also research factory for LiIon batteries

http://www.kit.edu/kit/english/pi_2013_13856.php

No shortage of research into LiIon batteries all of whom would likely want ZEN graphite along with SGL Carbon (Wiesbaden, DE) who seem to supply Hitachi who supplies anodes for Panasonic who supply Tesla.

And of course there is also the private company AMG mining which seems to control a lot of the Sri Lankian graphite

Also the three big car makers VW, Merc and BMW.

Lots of potential in Germany