CATL, BYD, others unite in China for solid-state battery breakthrough

Beijing forms national alliance in all-out effort to revolutionize the EV market

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Beijing set up a group of government, academia and industry to speed development of solid-state batteries. (Source photos by Reuters; screenshot from Tsinghua University's social media)

SHUNSUKE TABETA, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- China's battery and car makers have united as part of a government-led drive to commercialize all solid-state batteries, challenging Japan and the West in an area of technology that could revolutionize the electric vehicle market.

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