By Zheng Lichun and David Kirton Electric vehicle battery giant CATL originally planned to invest 240 million euros in the facility in Germany, which would have a total capacity of 14 GWh per year. Photo: VCG Chinese electric vehicle (EV) battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) is boosting the juice for its production and research and development (R&D) center in Germany as demand