Volkswagen, new battery factory in China

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China & egrave; a very important step in the Volkswagen Group's electrification strategy. But in order to increase the number of electric cars in this market, a greater supply of batteries is needed. For this, Volkswagen has started construction of a new battery system manufacturing plant in Hefei, China . And this is not a small site as it will provide; initially between 150,000 and 180,000 battery systems per year, all dedicated to car models based on the MEB platform . The production, if there are no hitches, will start; from the second half & agrave; of 2023.

With an area of ​​over 45,000 square meters, the factory will be; located next to the Volkswagen Anhui manufacturing facilities. Volkswagen Group China is investing over 140 million euros until 2025 in the new plant and its plants. Around 200 employees will be present inside the new factory. In addition, the new plant will work. in close collaboration with the other battery factories of the Group and with the factories of Braunschweig in Germany and Tianjin in China.


The German group is also working to get to produce battery systems also in Mlada Boleslav in the Czech Republic and in Chattanooga in the United States. The ultimate goal, Volkswagen says, is to “ produce over one million battery systems per year within a few years ''.

On the new factory, Volkswagen also adds that it will provide & agrave; a solid basis for the production of the next generations of batteries for the Chinese market. Production site which, therefore, will be; one of the focal points of the German Group's growth strategy for the Chinese market in the battery car sector. Just to give a few numbers, the Volkswagen brand sold around 7,000 ID family electric vehicles last month in China and aims to deliver 80,000 to 100,000 electric cars in total in 2021. Thomas Schmall , CEO of Volkswagen Group Components, commented:

Anhui & egrave; an important pillar of our global battery strategy. Currently, we are building three vehicle battery manufacturing plants equipped with the MEB platform in Asia, Europe and the United States to be able to meet the growing demand for battery systems in the future. Our factory in Braunschweig, Germany, is ready to produce up to 500,000.

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