Lambres-lez-Douai, France, Dec 10, 2025 (AFP) - France's 'Battery Valley' makes use of Asian experts

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2025-12-10

France is developing domestic production of electric vehicle batteries with an eye on industrial independence but Asian experts are proving key in launching operations. In the Verkor factory outside the northern city of Dunkirk, which will be inaugurated on Thursday, foreign specialists, notably from South Korea and Malaysia, are training the local staff. Verkor is the third battery gigafactory to open in northern France in a region that has beco......

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