Microvast Holdings, Inc. is a battery manufacturer founded in 2006 and headquartered in

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, that makes

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for

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s and

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s. It operates manufacturing bases in the United States, China, and Germany.

History

Microvast was founded in 2006 in Houston, Texas, along with its Chinese subsidiary, Microvast Power Systems () in

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, China. It introduced its first generation of batteries in 2009, with manufacturing starting in 2010 in Huzhou factory. By March, 2017, it began construction on its "Phase III" production facility in Huzhou. In 2019, the company, in joint work with researchers from

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won a R&D 100 award for a novel "High-energy density and safe battery system". In July 2020, Microvast inaugurated its new Germany factory in

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, with production planned to start in March 2021. On Feb.10, 2021,

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officials and Microvast announced that the company will establish a new manufacturing facility in Clarksville to manufacture battery cells, modules and packs, with the production expected to begin in the summer of 2022. On July 26, 2021, the company went public through a merger with a

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. On Nov. 1, 2021, Microvast opened a new R&D center in

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2022 federal grant

On Oct. 19, 2022 the U.S. Department of Energy released ''"Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing & Recycling Funding Opportunity Announcement"'', awarding US$2.8 billion to a number of public and private US companies. The company was awarded US$200 million to support development of Thermally Stable Polyaramid Separator Manufacturing Plant in Clarksville,

in partnership with

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. The federal grant generated criticism from U.S. representative

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and U.S. senator

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Customers & Partnerships

Microvast batteries are being used by numerous bus makers, including

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, Foton,

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, VDL,

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, JBM and

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. With buses operating in China, England, Germany, Holland, India, New-Zealand, Russia, South Korea and Sweden. Other commercial vehicles and passenger cars OEM customers include SAIC, PSA Singapore, FPT,

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, Safra,

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, Gaussin and

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History

2022 federal grant

Customers & Partnerships

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