Nov 13 (Reuters) - Electric-vehicle battery maker Microvast has agreed to go public through a merger with Tuscan Holdings Corp, the blank-check company said https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tuscan-holdings-corp-announces-intent-to-combine-with-microvast-inc-301172882.html on Friday.

Microvast, whose batteries powered the electric buses used in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, expects to generate more than $100 million in revenue this financial year, its founder Yang Wu said in a statement.

The financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

A blank-check firm, also known as a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), uses proceeds from an initial public offering to buy a private company, typically within two years. The private company is then taken public.

SPACs have been behind some major listings this year, with electric-car maker Fisker and Nikola Corp choosing the route to go public.

Microvast was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Texas. Tuscan raised $240 million in its initial public offering last year. (https://bwnews.pr/3plj0Kf) (Reporting by Niket Nishant and Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengaluru; Editing by Aditya Soni)