Korean Founder Of Battery Component Maker Becomes A Billionaire Amid Electric Vehicle Surge

getty As the growing popularity of electric vehicles charge up demand for battery components, shares of South Korea-listed chemicals group EcoPro have surged almost 230% since the beginning of the yea...

Samsung Builds $1.3 Billion EV Battery Plant In Malaysia

Attendees look at a Samsung SDI battery pack for electric vehicle displayed at the InterBattery … [+] exhibition in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, March 17, 2022. SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg Samsu...

Panasonic To Build Second EV Battery Factory In U.S. To Expand Beyond Tesla

Billionaire Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Motors Inc., left, speaks as Jeffrey … [+] Straubel, former chief technical officer of Tesla, center, and Yoshihiko Yamada, consultant at ...

Korea’s Chaebols Race For EV Battery Supremacy

SK’s Chey Tae-won (left) and LG’s Koo Kwang-mo (right). Chey: Jae-Hyun Kim for Forbes Asia, Koo: LG This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Korea’s Richest 2022. See the full list here. ...