China's Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) will build a battery cell factory in the German state of Thuringia to supply European automakers including BMW, three sources said. An official signing ceremony will take place at a summit in Berlin with China's Premier Li Keqiang on July 9, two of the sources said. CATL will produce lithium ion cells at the plant for use by German automakers in battery packs for electric cars. "The location of Thuringia... is correct," the third source said. BMW confirmed on Thursday that the automaker had awarded a contract worth just over 1 billion euros ($1.16 billion) to CATL so the battery maker can build a factory to make cells for electric cars in Europe.

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