China's Geely to add $5 bln battery plant in EV push

Reuters2021-03-15

BEIJING, March 15 (Reuters) - Geely said on Monday it would build an electric vehicle battery factory with a planned annual manufacturing capacity of 42 gigawatt hours (GWh) in China's eastern city of Ganzhou, as it expands its EV line-up in the world's biggest car market.

The total investment in the project by Geely's technology arm will be 30 billion yuan ($4.61 billion), according to a separate statement from the local government. Geely's technology group has previously invested in Ganzhou-based EV battery maker Farasis .

The planned factory comes after Geely announced a flurry of tie-ups in January aimed at turning the automaker into a leading EV contract manufacturer and engineering service provider, as it fights the incursion of EV leader Tesla Inc .

Geely, which owns Volvo Cars and a 9.7% stake in Daimler AG

, is competing with Great Wall and Nio Inc

.

China's government has heavily promoted new energy vehicles (NEVs) - such as battery-powered, plug-in petrol-electric hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell cars - in response to chronic air pollution, spurring interest from technology companies and investors alike.

China forecasts NEVs will make up 20% of its annual auto sales by 2025 from around 5% in 2020.

($1 = 6.5021 Chinese yuan renminbi)

(Reporting by Yilei Sun and Tony Munroe; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)

((Y.Sun@thomsonreuters.com; +86 10 66271262; Reuters Messaging: y.sun.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))

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  • LLTrader
    2021-03-15
    LLTrader
    Cool
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    2021-03-15
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  • Tomji
    2021-03-15
    Tomji
    Is Geely on the stock market? 
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