Battery Giants Face Skills Gap That Could Jam Electric Highway

Battery Giants Face Skills Gap That Could Jam Electric Highway
Tesla Model X electric cars recharge their batteries in Berlin, Germany, on Nov. 13, 2019. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
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SEOUL—The South Korean battery giants powering many of the world’s electric vehicles face a skills shortage that could drag on the global race towards zero-emissions transport.

The country’s three major players, which command a third of the global electric vehicle (EV) battery market, told Reuters they were all grappling with a shortage of research and engineering specialists as demand for the technology balloons.