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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. India’s largest lithium-ion battery plant is located in which state? Notes: India’s largest lithium-ion battery plant is located in the state of Gujarat. Nexcharge, the joint venture of Indian battery maker Exide Industries and Switzerland’s Leclanche SA have started mass production in the plant.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar will visit India’s first lithium cell manufacturing facility at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, tomorrow. This state-of-the-art facility has been set up by the Chennai based Munoth Industries Limited with an outlay of Rs. 165 crores.

Detailed explanation-3: -Combined, CATL, LG Energy Solution, BYD, and Panasonic make up more than 70 percent of the global market share of automotive battery sales in the first six months of 2022, with a total of 143.6 gigawatt hours worth of batteries sold.

Detailed explanation-4: -Exide Industries is India’s largest selling battery company.