A quiet but seismic shift is playing out across China’s globally dominant electric-vehicle supply chain, one with major implications for Indonesia’s EV-reliant nickel industry. BYD’s new Datang SUV recently racked up 150,000 pre-orders in a 53-day in China, marking a pre-order record for any BYD model and all booked without a single gram of nickel […] The post BYD battery breakthrough crashes Indonesia’s nickel cartel dream appeared first on Asia Times .