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Japanese carmaker will create 1,750 jobs while Peugeot owner agrees deal with LG Energy Solution
Move backed by government funding safeguards Halewood plant
Agreement follows series of incidents in which electric cars caught fire due to battery flaws
Soaring demand means companies must scramble for batteries and their key ingredients
Taiwan battery group lured by potential of 300m riders despite decoupling and Beijing’s tech crackdown
As sales of electric vehicles soar, spare a thought for the mechanics
Backed by Warren Buffet, BYD is pushing into overseas markets. It hopes its cheap and powerful batteries will help it sell cars
Industry alarmed by reliance on imports, particularly from China, as electric vehicles take off
Plants in Kentucky and Tennessee would employ almost 11,000 workers as carmaker pursues emissions goal
Automaker to take 33% equity stake in joint venture backed by French and German governments
Miner’s third battery metal investment this year comes as core gold business suffers from weak prices
Fundraising comes after start-up began to build plant for electric car batteries
Why the largest lithium mine in the world could be sitting in America's unwanted gadgets
World’s largest carmaker remains on track to launch next generation of batteries by 2025
Rising costs may have to be passed on to automobile makers and their customers
Takeover is latest acquisition for Ganfeng Lithium as demand increases for electric-car battery material
Panic over the prospects of LG Energy Solution is overdone
Form Energy’s technology will help grids manage fluctuating amounts of wind and sun
Californian developer backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos funds transport innovation in former industrial region
FTSE 100 mining group will also supply Britishvolt with a significant share of its cobalt
$4bn investment to press ahead even as policymakers warn of threat to industry
Chinese group’s valuation hits $186bn in just 10 years on soaring demand for electric vehicles
CEO Makoto Uchida wants to expand recycling of lithium-ion devices used in electric vehicles
Latest incident comes as utilities around the world increasingly rely on lithium-ion to store renewable energy
The explosion in demand for EVs has spurred a quest for alternative sources of key metals such as cobalt and nickel
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