EV battery Plant

[vfx]

Opening soon:

FT.com / Companies / Autos - Battery plant signals surge in electric cars (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e18eb6f4-cf63-11dc-854a-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1)

[domenick]

According to this piece (http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/01-02-08_4), the output from this factory is only meant for one supplier. Elsewhere I read it was for Daimler.

[Kardax]

That may be the case today, but no sensible company would avoid adding new customers :)

-Ryan

[doug]

That may be the case today, but no sensible company would avoid adding new customers :)

-Ryan
Unless they're being paid for exclusivity.

[Kardax]

Unless they're being paid for exclusivity.
That's possible, but exclusive contracts never last very long in the manufacturing industry, a few years at most. They're a good way to finance a new project, but impede growth of the supplier's business.

-Ryan

[JRP3]

That may be the case today, but no sensible company would avoid adding new customers :)

-Ryan
Remember the Ovonics NiMH/Cobasys debacle?

[Kardax]

Remember the Ovonics NiMH/Cobasys debacle?
Yes. I wouldn't call that "sensible" :)

-Ryan