** Commercial electric-vehicle co ELMS.O up 3.9% at $7.37
in early trading - set for a third straight session of gains
** ELMS signs a battery supply deal with China's
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) 300750.SZ
** Financial terms of the deal, which runs through 2025,
were not disclosed urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2R92EF
** Cos are also exploring a setup where CATL would have a
U.S. plant that would make battery cells and ship them to ELMS
plant in Indiana for assembly into battery packs, an ELMS
spokesman says
** Stock down ~46% YTD
(Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru)
((tiyashi.datta@thomsonreuters.com))