CATL boss opens up about Tesla electric car battery deal
CATL boss Zeng Yuqun opens up about deal with Tesla to make electric car batteries, and suggests cheap LFP batteries may be used in China-made Model 3 soon.
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Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.
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Tesla’s switch on vehicle-to-grid technology is big news for clean energy shift
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Covid-19 a bump in the road for EV growth, ICE cars still on road to nowhere
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