BEIJING -- Tesla has received government approval to build Model 3 vehicles in China equipped with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, a document on the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology website showed.
Reuters reported in February that Tesla was in advanced talks to use LFP batteries from Chinese supplier CATL that contain no cobalt -- one of the most expensive metals in EV batteries -- in cars made at its plant in China.
The document does not provide the name of the battery maker. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
