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Spanish automaker SEAT will spend more than €7 million ($8.3 million) to develop an Energy Test Center, a testing laboratory for electric- and hybrid vehicle batteries, on the site of its Martorell transmission plant. Werner Tietz, SEAT vice president of R&D, says the company has been committed to electrification for years and the new center is a firm step in this direction.
Innovation themes: Lithium battery manufacturing plant, Durable batteries, Cost-effective batteries, Reliable batteries.
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