S. Korean battery rivals' U.S. legal case turns into fight for jobs

VW fears a dispute between South Korean battery makers could disrupt its plans to start building the ID4 in Chattanooga. Tenn. The electric crossover is seen here in an image leaked online. (WWW.VWIDTALK.COM)

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July 21, 2020 10:02 AM

SEOUL -- South Korea's rival battery makers LG Chem and SK Innovation, which supply Volkswagen Group, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors, are caught in a growing dispute in the United States as the quest to create jobs complicates an ongoing legal fight, documents seen by Reuters show.

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