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The next electric-car battery champion could be European

Production of high-voltage batteries at BMW's plant in Dingolfing, Germany.
Production of high-voltage batteries at BMW's plant in Dingolfing, Germany. The automaker expects half of its sales to be fully-electric models by 2030. (Tom Kirkpatrick/Tom Kirkpatrick ; BMW AG)
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Bloomberg
April 04, 2021 07:52 AM

With Europe expected to lead the world in electric-car sales for a second straight year, a rush to build a battery-supply chain from scratch is playing out across the region.

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