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Battery technology and chemistry is export controlled by China [0], which has hurt European attempts at doing what you mentioned [1].
> Panasonic
They have chosen to concentrate on America instead [2]
[0] - https://www.mayerbrown.com/en/insights/publications/2025/10/...
[1] - https://merics.org/en/comment/chinese-restrictions-threaten-...
[2] - https://www.reuters.com/technology/panasonic-localise-its-us...
CATL is building one of the largest battery manufacturing facilities in Europe in Spain.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-catl-breaks-groun...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46061492 (“CATL's Spain plant will likely be one of Europe's largest LFP battery production hubs at ~50GWh of production capacity, employing ~4k workers with an investment of ~€4.1B.”)