Samsung Hungarian battery plant to open in 2018, perhaps for BMW electric cars?

BMW i8 Protonic Red Special Edition, 2016 Geneva Motor Show

Anticipated increases in electric-car production in 2018 and later now have battery suppliers scrambling to add manufacturing capacity. One of the major players is Korean firm Samsung SDI, which is reportedly planning to open a new battery plant in Hungary. However, it is unclear which electric cars the new plant’s lithium-ion cells are intended… …read more