The opening of the first factory for electric car batteries in France
The opening of the first factory for electric car batteries in France
The first factory to produce batteries for electric cars was opened in the Pas-de-Calais region (northern France), in a major step in the country's race to build an industrial sector in this field.
In Dufresne (in Pas-de-Calais), a town of 6,000 inhabitants, the country's first battery factory for electric vehicles was opened, with a large group of workshops covering an area of ​​more than 60,000 square meters, with a first production line of Its production capacity is more than 13 gigawatts per hour to reach 40 gigawatts per hour in 2030, which will provide about 2,000 job opportunities by 2030.
French Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire said, upon his visit to the factory of the Automotive CellS (ACC) group, which is a joint venture between the car manufacturing company Stellantis, the French Total, and the German Mercedes, “For the first time since the establishment of Airbus, France and Europe are creating a new industrial sector.” ".
The battery industry is at the heart of French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to "reindustrialize" the country, as a group of factories is set up in the north of the country to produce electric car batteries in the coming years.
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