16/03/2018at 13:38

Metal tycoon to leapfrog Elon Musk with world's biggest battery

Elon Musk faces tough competition from Sanjeev Gupta's Simec Zen Energy, which plans to build a 120-megawatt lithium-ion battery in Australia.

BY PERRY WILLIAMS, BLOOMBERG

Sanjeev Gupta plans to snatch the world's biggest battery crown from Tesla Inc. founder Elon Musk.

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