(News Bulletin 247) – Stellantis, in collaboration with TotalEnergies and Mercedes-Benz, inaugurated the Automotive Cells Company (ACC) battery gigafactory at the Billy-Berclau/Douvrin site in France, the first of three gigafactories planned in Europe.
With an initial production capacity of 13 gigawatt-hours (GWh), which will increase to 40 GWh by 2030, the site will manufacture high-performance Lithium-Ion batteries with a minimal CO2 footprint. The first of the site’s three European production units will thus be operational before the end of 2023.
This gigafactory will contribute to Stellantis’ objective of reaching a battery manufacturing capacity of 250 GWh in Europe by 2030. The group thus ensures the availability of approximately 400 GWh of capacity by 2030, guaranteed by five gigafactories in Europe and North America, and additional supply contracts.
The company now has 24 electric vehicles on the market and will have nearly doubled that number by 2024 to 47 BEVs. Stellantis’ goal is to market more than 75 BEVs worldwide and sell 5 million electric vehicles by 2030.
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