Insight - Another big EV battery fantasy, another letdown

By ANJANI TRIVEDI

Huge outlay: A worker assembles a part for Ford Motor at a manufacturing facility in Mexico. The company has partnered South Korea’s SK Innovation in a US$11.4bil electric car battery deal which is the biggest investment in its 118-year history. ― Bloomberg

THERE it is again: Another automaker makes a big announcement about its electrification plans with a battery manufacturer.

Going by previous proclamations, that’s not just ambitious but far-fetched.

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