Rockwell Automation has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Dr. Zhangyu Intelligence under EV‑maker Hive Energy. Both parties will jointly build benchmark low‑carbon smart lithium‑battery factories, focusing on intelligent manufacturing, digital carbon‑footprint management and plant‑wide energy‑control platforms. Powered by Rockwell’s industrial‑control platform and big‑data analytics, the project will interconnect production‑line control, energy‑management and carbon‑management systems. Optimized battery‑manufacturing workflows will cut energy consumption and deliver dedicated green industrial‑control solutions for the new‑energy battery sector.