In 2022, amid a multiyear frenzy over electric vehicles, Ford was studying how to cheaply power its EVs. It settled on a battery made by China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd., the biggest—and, many thought, the best—battery maker in the world. The next year, Ford went further, announcing ...

In 2022, amid a multiyear frenzy over electric vehicles, Ford was studying how to cheaply power its EVs. It settled on a battery made by China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology…

A new US order targeting foreign-linked power-grid equipment appears, at first glance, to give South Korean battery makers an opening against their dominant Chi