I was looking for news about Fab4Lib an found this article.  Interesting.

Last week, the French company Saft, subsidiary of the oil company Total, founded an alliance for the development and production of battery cells.Siemens and the Reutlinger plant manufacturer Manz are among the participants.

The car companies VW, BMW and Daimler are also researching the subject, but currently do not plan their own cell production. The most tangible thing is what Holger Gritzka, head of the consortium TerraE, has in mind: He announces the construction of a first production plant in Germany for the summer. The production of electricity storage is scheduled to start in late 2019. Together with Siemens, Thyssenkrupp System Engineering and other partners, TerraE operates the Fab4Lib research project, which aims to develop large-scale production of lithium-ion cells.

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