Hungary’s bet on EV battery boom hits bumps in the road 

Hungary’s bet on EV battery boom hits bumps in the road 

Judit Szemán has grown strawberries, tomatoes and cucumbers on her small, organic farm just outside Hungary’s second-biggest city, Debrecen, for many years. She never imagined living anywhere else. Then, two years ago, Chinese electric vehicle battery giant CATL started building a massive factory about a kilometre from her polytunnels – the result of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s push to make Hungary the EV battery hub of Europe by courting investment from major producers, mainly Chinese...
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