ŠKODA produces 500,000 battery systems; opens line

Published: 28.04.2023 Related countries:  South Africa South Africa

ŠKODA produces 500,000 battery systems; opens line

ŠKODA AUTO has produced 500,000 battery systems for the Volkswagen Group's (ŠKODA, Volkswagen, Audi and SEAT) vehicles at its main plant in Mladá Boleslav. The components are part of fully electric vehicles on the MEB platform and models with plug-in hybrid drive. Production on the existing production line, at a cost of around EUR 130m, started in May 2022. In 2023, the carmaker will commission another assembly line for the production of battery systems for the MEB platform. The daily production capacity will increase to a total of 1,500 batteries for electric vehicles and 800 batteries for plug-in hybrids.

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