Ford to build 3 battery factories, page-4

Astute observation, all recent:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/15/vw-to-ramp-up-battery-production-with-six-gigafactories-in-europe-.html

https://fortune.com/2021/09/24/mercedes-teams-with-stellantis-second-european-ev-battery-call-champion/

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2021/06/16/gm-battery-plants/5293394001/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/greggardner/2021/09/07/toyota-expects-to-spend-135-billion-by-2030-on-battery-production/?sh=6eed126e7785

Been watching PMM development fairly closely and the only direct investment by an auto OEM, distinct Tier 1 auto supplier, was just a few months ago, and a relatively small one at this point:

https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/03/acquired-by-mercedes-benz-yasas-revolutionary-electric-motor-is-set-for-big-things/

With battery packs clearly the biggest economic variable each of the major OEM's want/needs to maintain some control of their destiny, particularly ex China, whereas NdFeB/PMM are not getting anything like the same attention.

With virtually 100% of high grade mags for BEV traction motors manufactured inside China appears the "EV Revolution" RE/NdFeB is very China centric ATM.