The battery balancing act: Europe’s costly catch-up with China

SA: The Koreans faced the same challenge early on. LG's plant in Poland, which supplies Volkswagen and other European carmakers, went through this too. They didn't share their technology with the local workforce either, for the same reason: maintaining process integrity.So CATL's approach is to transplant a Chinese factory into Spain - same people, same equipment, same methods. That's the only way they can guarantee quality and efficiency.But the CATL plant in Spain shows that isn't happening. CATL is bring ...