As electric cars boom, locals fear Chinese battery plant will harm land in drought-stricken Hungary

DEBRECEN, Hungary—Just beyond the pastoral gardens and traditional homes of an eastern Hungarian village, a giga-project of Chinese industry is taking shape. Bulldozers and excavators are already preparing the land for construction of a nearly 550-acre electric vehicle (EV) battery plant. The 7.3 billion euro ($7.9 billion) factory will be…

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