The carmaker will pay to use CATL’s techniques of making lithium-ion phosphate batteries, which it claims will make its EVs cheaper to produce

Companies are looking to build batteries using sodium and sulphur instead of lithium, cobalt and nickel

The Middlesbrough facility will put the UK on the map when it comes to processing the metal critical to EVs, phones and wind farms

These use kinetic energy to power the battery

This is Honda’s first in the country, with operations expected to begin in three years

The acquisition is expected to enable significant operational improvements and cost reductions in battery pack production

The closed-loop ‘Apex 1’ facility in Kentucky is expected to produce enough sustainable lithium-ion cathode active material for up to 250,000 EVs per year

The lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in De Soto is expected to create up to 4,000 new jobs

They have joined forces with a company set up by Tesla’s Co-Founder JB Straubel

It claims the battery can charge in just 15 minutes