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Country: France

  • Created in 2020
  • R&D center already operational in Bruges (Bordeaux),
  • Pilot plant in Nersac, France (Nouvelle Aquitaine).
  • First Gigafactory under construction at Douvrin Billy-Berclau, Hauts-de-France
  • A new applied engineering center and a second Gigafactory Lithium-ion plant are planned in Germany for 2025.
  • Opening of a new Gigafactory in Termoli, Italy.
  • 7 billion euros of investment
  • production capacity will ramp up to 120 GWh by 2030. This represents more than two million batteries per year.
  • Shareholders: Saft, Stellantis, Daimler Bentz

News

Giga-factory for automotive batteries at Douvrin 30/05/2023

  • Investment of 800 million euros for the ACC plant in Douvrin.
  • Total production capacity of 40 GWh (gigawatt-hours) by the end of 2024.
  • Creation of 2,000 jobs at the site
  • France and Germany have committed 1.3 billion euros of public money to the European ACC project (850 million euros for France and 450 million for Germany).
  • Total production capacity of 120 GWh per year by 2030 for the three European ACC plants.
  • These plants will equip 2.5 million electric vehicles every year by the end of the decade.
  • Four French gigafactories, with a total production capacity of between 100 and 120 GWh per year, are expected to create around 10,000 direct jobs by 2030.
  • Nearly 10 million new electric vehicles could be sold per year in Europe by 2035.
  • The battery represents up to 40% of the cost of an electric vehicle.

ACC successfully opens France's first gigafactory in three years 30/05/2023

  • ACC, a joint venture between Stellantis (then PSA) and Saft (a subsidiary of TotalEnergies), created in 2020.
  • Electric batteries represent up to 40% of the value of an electric vehicle.
  • Operating permit granted in just over six months, a record for this type of project.
  • Initial investment of 800 million euros for the first phase of the Douvrin plant.
  • Total investment planned by the joint venture over the next few years amounts to almost 7 billion euros.
  • First production unit of 13 GWh, enough to power around 250,000 electric cars.

Stellantis, Mercedes-Benz and TotalEnergies initiate an Italian gigafactory in 2026 28/03/2023

The Termoli plant would reach its full production capacity of 40 gigawatt-hours per year in 2030, and would employ at least 1,800 people by that date

  • - 2 billion euros of investment
  • - Objective of selling 100% electric passenger cars in Europe by 2030 and 50% in the United States