Europe is going all in for batteries.

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By Amelia UrryMay 22, 2017, 5:42 pm223 pts
Daimler AG, the company behind Mercedes-Benz, just broke ground on a $543 million lithium-ion battery plant in Germany, Bloomberg reports. Consider it a response to Tesla’s $5 billion gigafactory under construction in California, as car makers and utilities drive demand for more powerful and less expensive…

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