India’s first lithium-ion battery manufacturer urges the government to ease visa restrictions for Chinese engineers as it battles to ramp up production. Log9 Materials, which depends on Chinese experts to set up machinery and upgrade existing ones at its factory in Bengaluru, warned that production could take a hit without the fast-tracked visa process. It needs Chinese engineers to ensure the battery cell factory reaches its total production capacity, the founders told a news conference. “If the Chinese engineers don’t arrive on time, then our cell line production will get impacted,” said co-founder and director Pankaj Sharma. He added that … Continue reading Log9 Says Delay in Chinese Visas Could Hamper EV Battery Production