Hungary to spend $2B on infrastructure where BMW, CATL are building EV batteries

匈牙利将斥资 20 亿美元建设基础设施
宝马、宁德时代正在生产电动汽车电池
The investment should help move Hungary to the fourth-largest producer of batteries globally, after China, the U.S. and Germany.

这项投资将有助于匈牙利成为全球第四大电池生产国，仅次于中国、美国和德国。

Hungary will undertake a 700-billion-forint ($2 billion) infrastructure development project in Debrecen that will help transform the country’s second-largest city into one of Europe’s biggest battery production hubs.

匈牙利将在德布勒森开展一项耗资 7000 亿福林（20 亿美元）的基础设施开发项目，该项目将有助于将该国第二大城市转变为欧洲最大的电池生产中心之一。

The upgrade will affect transportation, roads and potable and waste-water management, Construction Minister Janos Lazar said at a briefing in Debrecen on Tuesday.

建筑部长雅诺斯·拉扎尔周二在德布勒森举行的新闻发布会上表示，此次升级将影响交通、道路以及饮用水和废水管理。

Lazar said the investments come on top of direct subsidies to companies such as BMW and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd.

拉扎尔表示，这些投资是对宝马和宁德时代新能源科技有限公司等公司的直接补贴的基础上进行的。

Debrecen has attracted 12.5 billion euros ($13.6 billion) in foreign direct investment over the past eight years, including from BMW, CATL and other battery makers and their suppliers.

过去八年，德布勒森吸引了 125 亿欧元（136 亿美元）的外国直接投资，其中包括来自宝马、CATL 和其他电池制造商及其供应商的投资。