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South Korea EV registration jumps in 2022

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The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport in South Korea has announced that EV registrations in the country have jumped by 72.7% South Korea has not seen the EV boom of the Chinese car market , more closely resembling the Japanese market, where electric vehicles have yet to catch on.

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SK On, EcoPro Materials and GEM to build battery precursor plant in South Korea

Green Car Congress

SK On will partner with Korea’s largest cathode material company EcoPro, and Chinese battery materials producer GEM to build a battery core material production facility in Saemangeum, South Korea. The three companies together will spend up on 1.21

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Renault and Geely sign MOU on joint cooperation in China and South Korean Markets focused on hybrids

Green Car Congress

Renault Group and Geely Holding Group, China’s largest privately-owned automotive group, announced an MoU framework agreement to create a cooperation focused on China and South Korea as initial key core markets. The focus will be on hybrid vehicles in the fast-growing Asian markets.

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Roskill: Yahua-Tesla deal indicative of increasing capability and numbers of Chinese lithium convertors

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Until recently, there have been only five Chinese mineral-based convertors supplying or scheduled to supply battery-grade lithium hydroxide to the overseas market: Ganfeng Lithium, Tianqi Lithium, Zhiyuan Lithium, General Lithium, and Yahua Lithium.

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Geely and Renault sign agreement to take on S. Korean car market, together

Electrek

Chinese automotive giant and Volvo/Polestar parent company, Geely, has signed an agreement with the French Renault Group to launch a new collaboration intended to bring fuel-efficient hybrid electric cars to South Korea, as well as export sales into other Asian markets.

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Comment on BYD catches up with Tesla in global BEV market share in Q3 by Midori Mayari

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And let's not forget that BYD's "invasion" of the foreign markets is just beginning. And I'm not talking about US and Europe; rather, I'm talking about Latin America, Africa, the rest of Asia apart from China, Japan, and South Korea, and so on. It's a meaningless measurement for most car companies, including Tesla.

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SK IE Technology to supply separators for EV batteries to Sunwoda

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SK IE Technology (SKIET) signed an MOU with Sunwoda , the 9 th largest battery manufacturer in terms of global market share (according to SNE Research in 2022), to strengthen cooperation in supplying battery separators. This marks SKIET’s first large-scale supply of EV battery separators to a Chinese EV battery manufacturer.

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