Indonesia’s state-owned Indonesia Battery Corporation and South Korean conglomerate LG Group joined forces to build a new electric vehicle battery plant for $1.2 billion, Indonesia's investment minister said on May 24, according to Reuters. The plant, which is part of a bigger $9.8-billion electric vehicle investment deal between LG and Indonesia, will be built in Bekasi city east of the capital Jakarta and have an annual the capacity of gigawatt hours. Commencement of the project would be “in the near future” and the first batteries would be used for electric vehicles from Hyundai, investment minister Bahlil Lahadalia said. LG has...
Indonesia’s state-owned Indonesia Battery Corporation and South Korean conglomerate LG Group joined forces to build a new electric vehicle battery plant for $1.2 billion, Indonesia’s investment minister said on May 24, according to