1st Franco-German Battery Cell Collaboration
Pan European Effort to Push Back Asian Battery Dominance Source: CATL of China Pilot Battery Cell Plant in France To Start France and Germany are joining forces to produce batteries for electric cars. France will host a pilot plant. There are plans to build plants in both Germany and France. This is part of a Pan European project to defeat Asian dominance of the battery cell industry for electric vehicles. The European nations want to cut dependence on Asian batteries. China's CATL plans to start battery cell operations in a plant in Germany in 2022. Germany and France also want to protect domestic jobs that are being lost to the shift away from combustion engines. The details on what is the first, cross border, battery cell consortium in Europe are expected to be announced on Thursday, September 19th. Battery Production Capacity Constricting Electric Vehicle Market in Europe In Europe, mass production of electric cars is being constricted ...