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CATL’s $5B North American battery production plans land in U.S., several sites being vetted

Teslarati

CATL is now moving closer to locking in a plant in the United States, according to an exclusive report from Reuters , which said the Chinese battery maker is now vetting sites in South Carolina and Kentucky. ” BMW operates an assembly plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and already has a partnership with CATL in Europe.

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Volkswagen faces mounting pressure from Tesla and BYD

Teslarati

Volkswagen faces mounting pressure to keep up with Tesla and Chinese automakers in the transition to battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), and its success in doing so could have major implications. The German automaker also has plans to build a $2 billion BEV factory in South Carolina, which is expected to begin production in 2026.

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Comment on Nio's William Li questions US protectionism, demands equal access to US market by Wayne Lewis

CN EV Post

I think that we will get to a place where Chinese brands like NIO will be able to expand to the US, and people will come around. Zeekr will be the first to break the mold for non-state-owned Chinese car makers, as they will deliver Waymo One EVs to US company Waymo. I’m not one of them.

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Polestar takes $1.6 billion loan to achieve growth targets

Teslarati

As previously announced, the Scandinavian brand will use a pre-existing Volvo Cars manufacturing facility in South Carolina to build their upcoming Polestar 3. This financing round comes only weeks after Polestar announced that it would continue its partnership with Chinese financer Industrial Bank.

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Polestar to Utilize Former Saab Plant as European R&D Facility

The Truth About Cars

The 15,000-square-meter building, located in Trollhattan, is said to be focusing on the brand’s powertrain development. Unfortunately, NEVS likewise collapsed after Chinese parent company Evergrande was revealed to be in copious amounts of debt.

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CALSTART brief highlights growth of and future opportunity for California’s clean transportation technology industry

Green Car Congress

The report inventories more than 300 companies that are creating high quality jobs, building new manufacturing facilities, and making major investments in California.

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Volkswagen has ‘all the ingredients’ to succeed as the US shifts to EVs, but will it?

Baua Electric

The company will build vehicles at its $2 billion facility in South Carolina. Source: VW) VW cut shifts and laid off temporary workers last year in Europe as it struggled to keep up with EV leaders like Tesla and incoming Chinese rivals like BYD. The cells will power VW Group EVs, including its new Scout brand.