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EU approves $3.5 billion in aid for battery production, r&d

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By:
Christiaan Hetzner
December 09, 2019 02:19 PM

FRANKFURT -- Opel and French battery manufacturer Saft can move forward with a plan to build electric vehicle battery cells in Germany after the European Union approved the use of state aid for the project.

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