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EV batteries: Can the West catch up with China?

Chinese firms currently dominate the electric vehicle battery supply chain — from mining and refining through to final assembly. This leaves Western automakers with little option but to rely on Chinese-made EV batteries. The Shanghai...

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Hungary’s big bet on batteries — and its costs

Hungary wants to become a key producer of electric vehicle batteries. Government spending has attracted investments, including a new Chinese gigafactory. The sound of whirring, rattling and bleeping fills the springtime air as excavators and...

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Porsche splits with VW and lists on the stock market

The luxury sports car manufacturer Porsche is about to start trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. That could raise billions for e-mobility. When a massive cargo ship loaded with Porsches, Bentleys, Lamborghinis and Volkswagens burned...

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Germany hopes to mine lithium, the white gold of e-mobility

A small community in the German state of Saxony may soon see the revival of its centuries-old mining tradition. But this time around, the focus is no longer on tin or tungsten but on lithium,...