Skoda Is Hopeful VW Group Will Establish New Battery Gigafactory In Czech Republic
Skoda expects the Volkswagen Group to confirm the location of its fourth European battery factory by 2023 and is hopeful the web page will be positioned in the Czech Republic.
The VW Group has earlier mentioned that the fourth of its prepared 6 European battery factories will be located in either Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, or the Czech Republic. It experienced originally prepared on finalizing a area for the manufacturing unit in the first 50 percent of 2022 but that has not arrive to fruition.
“The decision will be taken in Wolfsburg in Germany,” Skoda creation and logistics main Michael Oeljeklaus not long ago explained to Car News Europe. “We are hoping and are self-assured that this final decision will be taken in late autumn, it’s possible upcoming yr at the latest… We are hoping that VW will determine in favor of the Czech Republic.”
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When Skoda awaits VW’s selection, it recently started out producing battery programs for EVs dependent on the MEB system at its Mladá Boleslav plant in the Czech Republic.
The motor vehicle manufacturer’s headquarters is the only creation web-site exterior Germany where VW’s MEB battery methods are produced. These systems don’t just incorporate the battery module itself but also a battery housing with an integrated cooling program, a battery administration technique and all electrical connections.
This assembly web page will shortly be developing more than 250,000 MEB battery methods each individual yr and at the end of 2023, manufacturing will ramp up to more than 380,000 techniques right after the 2nd growth phase arrives on line.
“Today is a incredibly specific working day for Skoda Auto: By launching the production of MEB battery programs, we are now manufacturing the complete vital ingredient at the coronary heart of the business,” Oeljeklaus added. “This indicates we have achieved another objective in the direction of our productive changeover to electromobility. I would like to thank the whole workforce who have labored incredibly difficult in excess of latest months to established up this new manufacturing line. We have invested all-around 130 million euros and can now produce much more than 250,000 MEB battery programs a year – for ŠKODA’s e-versions and those of other Team brand names. Our goal is crystal clear: we want to produce E-factors or E-cars at all three Czech crops by 2030.”