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Sona Comstar adopts 3-pronged strategy to beat China globally in EV parts supply – ET Auto

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New Delhi: It is no secret that Chinese component makers are aggressively scouting global markets for increasing their already tight grip on the nascent battery electric vehicle (BEV) industry. What do Indian suppliers with global ambitions in the BEV segment do to thwart this aggressive posturing by the Chinese?

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Comment on Analysts downplay impact of EU anti-subsidy probe on EVs from China by Hugh Sharman

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The EU (and for the time being, and a long time to come, the USA) is almost totally dependent upon China for the supplies of lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, rare earth magents and other metals and minerals necessary for delivering its completely infeasible and hugely costly "net zero energy transition". Best wishes, Hugh Sharman

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Volkswagen begins production of ID.3 EV in Dresden; 2nd ID.3 site, 4th for MEB

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At the same time we are ramping up volume production in the Zwickau electric car plant and in our two Chinese MEB plants every week. At the end of 2020, the Chinese sites in Anting and Foshan also started production of MEB vehicles. The next sites in Emden, Hanover and Chattanooga (USA) are also preparing for MEB production.

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Auto component makers to double investments as global supply chains shift from China to India – ET Auto

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During this period, the global automotive supply chains have been rejigged, with supplies moving away from Europe and China, towards South East Asia and India. As supply chains get rewired, India’s auto component manufacturers are sitting at larger than ever export orders and creating new capacities to fulfil increasing global demand.

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BMW Group announces local production of NEUE KLASSE in China from 2026, new gen 6 battery plant

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—Milan Nedeljković The BMW Group has had a presence in the Chinese market since 1994 and founded the BMW Brilliance Automotive joint venture in May 2003. The company also plans to establish a new location in Germany to supply its Bavarian vehicle plants with sixth-generation high-voltage batteries going forward.

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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billion will go to 11 projects in the materials separation and processing segment of the supply chain. Anovion , Scaling the Domestic, US Owned and Operated Anode Supply Chain for Synthetic Graphite, $117,000,000. It will produce enough material to supply more than 250,000 electric vehicles annually. Of that, $1.6

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BMW Group enters long-term €2B supply contract with Northvolt for battery cells from Europe

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The BMW Group has signed a long-term supply contract worth €2 billion for battery cells with the Swedish company Northvolt. The BMW Group will also source cells manufactured in Europe from the Chinese manufacturer CATL from the plant currently under construction in Erfurt, Germany.

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