The Biden administration is awarding $3 billion to U.S. companies to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and other materials used for electric vehicles, part of a continuing push to reduce China’s global dominance in battery production.

American Battery Technology Co. and lithium-producer Albemarle Corp. are among 25 companies getting more than $3 billion in funding from the Biden administration to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and components.

The US Department of Energy announced today plans to dole out more than $3 billion to over two dozen battery projects across 14 states. The money will go toward processing critical minerals, building batteries and their components,