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  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    China’s CATL to build €4.1bn battery factory with Stellantis in European expansion

    Deal for Spanish plant comes despite EU efforts to reduce reliance on Chinese technology

    Stellantis’s electric Opel Rocks-e car on show at the Essen Motor Show in Germany
  • Sunday, 17 November, 2024
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    Orbán turns to China to boost recession-hit economy

    Hungary has captured more than a quarter of Chinese capital flowing into Europe since 2022

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  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
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  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    News in-depthBatteries
    Battery makers aim to ease EV anxieties with 5-minute charge

    Industry says superfast charging for electric cars is on its way to matching the time drivers used to spend filling up at pumps

    A model of the Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL) Qilin battery on display during the Beijing Auto Show
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    China’s battery giant taps Europe’s elite to expand supply chain

    Tesla supplier CATL holds talks with sovereign wealth funds, family offices and automakers

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  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
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    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

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  • Wednesday, 27 March, 2024
    Interview
    China’s ‘battery king’ dismisses solid-state EV commercialisation as years away

    CATL chief Robin Zeng says much-vaunted tech for electric vehicles is impractical and unsafe

    Robin Zeng
  • Friday, 15 March, 2024
    China’s battery giant CATL hit by profit fall

    World’s largest maker of batteries for EVs reports mixed fourth-quarter results as demand growth softens

    A CATL battery
  • Sunday, 18 February, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    China’s EV suppliers look to leverage superior tech to recouple with west and drive expansion

    Industry says it can help lower costs and enable faster development of electric vehicles in the US and Europe

  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
    Lex
    Profitability worries for world’s largest EV battery maker are overdone Premium content

    CATL’s healthy trading update should reassure investors fretting about slowing demand for electric vehicles

    Vehicle batteries in boxes
  • Friday, 5 January, 2024
    Chinese equities
    China launches new blue-chip stock index to push growth sectors

    More diversified CSI A50 index gives greater emphasis to priority industries such as renewables and chips

    A woman under an umbrella walks past the sign for the exchange
  • Thursday, 7 December, 2023
    Lex
    CATL/Duke Energy: too wired into markets to become the next Huawei  Premium content

    Finding alternatives to Chinese suppliers could mean added costs for US buyers

    Electric power transmission pylon miniatures and CATL logo
  • Thursday, 7 December, 2023
    China’s CATL denies ‘espionage threat’ accusations

    Electric-vehicle battery maker’s technology disconnected from US military base

    A picture of electric power transmission lines
  • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
    Stellantis
    Stellantis and China’s CATL in talks over European battery plant

    Agreement reflects pressure carmaker is under to lower the cost of its electric vehicles

    A model of a battery-powered motor at CATL’s booth at Munich motor show, in Germany, in September 2023
  • Friday, 27 October, 2023
    The Big Read
    How solid-state batteries could transform transport

    Toyota appears close to a manufacturing breakthrough that could accelerate the transition to electric vehicles. But will the technology ever be commercially viable?

    Toyota’s Land Cruiser SE concept car, unveiled this month, against a background of battery icons
  • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
    #techAsia
    Tech tensions and costlier iPhones

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    CATL batteries on a table
  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    Ford Motor Co
    Ford pauses work on $3.5bn EV battery plant in Michigan

    Carmaker had planned to use the facility to build batteries using technology licensed from China’s CATL

    Ford executive chair Bill Ford announcing plans for the Michigan plant in February
  • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
    FT SeriesThe battery revolution
    The search for winners in the new battery era

    Carmakers, miners and battery groups are jostling to position themselves in the new Darwinian world

  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
    China’s CATL delivers record profits despite doubts over US plans

    Electric-vehicle battery maker cements position as market leader but Ford deal faces resistance

    Vehicle batteries at CATL headquarters in China
  • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
    #techAsia
    Toyota bets on solid-state as CATL eyes Thailand Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    People view the new Toyota BZ electric vehicle on display at the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California
  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    Batteries
    South Korean battery groups’ domination of EV market in US faces China challenge

    Ford’s deal with Chinese company CATL offers alternative model for carmakers

    GMC Hummer EVs at General Motors’ electric vehicle assembly plant in Michigan, US
  • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
    News in-depth
    China’s ‘battery king’ faces scrutiny over EV market dominance

    Rapid expansion of billionaire founder Robin Zeng’s CATL group raises concerns in the US and his homeland

    Robin Zeng
  • Friday, 10 March, 2023
    China’s CATL cements position as EV battery leader with jump in profits

    Company unveils strong results days after warning from Xi over risks of success as geopolitical rifts deepen with west

    The CATL headquarters, right
  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
    Commodities
    Nickel IPOs test Indonesia’s vision of global role in electric vehicles

    President Joko Widodo wants domestic processing and production of metal, batteries and cars

    A nickel processing plant in Sorowako, South Sulawesi
  • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
    InterviewLG Energy Solution
    South Korea’s EV battery leader bets on US growth to dethrone China rival

    LG Energy Solution sees most potential in North American market

    Picture of an LG Energy Solution booth
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