Watch: Chinese EV Battery Factory Sparks Water Shortage Fears in Hungary
- 1 Jun 2023 4:38 PM

The government in Budapest says it will drive economic growth for years to come. But locals fear it could be a disaster for the environment.
The government in Budapest says it will drive economic growth for years to come. But locals fear it could be a disaster for the environment.
The battery factory in Bátonyterenye, operated by South Korean company SungEel Hitech, received another penalty of nearly Ft 50 million, Telex reports.
The government posted a bill on the employment of guest workers in Hungary on its website on May 2, for comment by the public until May 10.
Residents of Kecskemét, in central Hungary, have been kept in the dark about “plans” to build a battery plant there, an opposition LMP lawmaker has said.
The government wants to make Hungary “China’s battery colony”, the deputy parliamentary group leader of opposition LMP said at a press conference in Budapest.
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