Europe accelerates efforts in the race to dominate EV batteries

CATL-Germany — China's CATL is building Europe's biggest EV battery plant outside the German town of Arnstadt. (Bloomberg)

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Laura Millan Lombrana, Chris Reiter and Richard Weiss

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Bloomberg

February 20, 2020 07:44 AM

MADRID/BERLIN -- Outside the German town of Arnstadt, workers for China's Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) are building Europe's biggest electric-car battery plant.

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