Germany mulls cooperation with Poland on battery cell production
German economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier will discuss options for closer cooperation with its neighbour Poland on battery cell production for electric cars, Welt Online reports. On a working trip to Poland next week, Altmaier will meet the Polish ministers for technology, Jadwiga Emilewicz, and energy, Krzysztof Tchorzewski, to talk about a joint project to advance e-car production in Europe. Germany has significantly increased the funding of battery research in its latest budget, but German car companies have so far been reluctant to invest in battery cell production. South Korea鈥檚 LG Chem, the global battery cell market leader, is set to open a factory in Poland in 2018, the article says.
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