Skoda has began manufacturing battery techniques for electrical automobiles primarily based on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electrification Toolkit (MEB) in Mlada Boleslav. This makes it the one manufacturing facility for MEB battery techniques in Europe exterior Germany.
It is trying to onboard 250 workers to assemble round 250,000 MEB battery techniques per yr at this facility. Apart from Skoda automobiles, these batteries can be put in in automobiles made by Volkswagen, Audi, and Seat.
Michael Oeljeklaus, Skoda Auto Board Member for Production and Logistics mentioned : “Today is a very special day for Skoda Auto. By launching the production of MEB battery systems, we are now manufacturing the absolute key component at the heart of the company. This means we have achieved another goal towards our successful transition to electromobility.”
He added, “I would like to thank the entire team who have worked very hard over recent months to set up this new production line. We have invested around 130 million euros and can now produce up to 250,000 MEB battery systems a year – for Skoda’s e-models and those of other Group brands. Our objective is clear: we want to produce e-components or e-vehicles at all three Czech plants by 2030.”
Christian Bleiel, Head of Component Production at Skoda Auto, provides: “Our new MEB battery system assembly line sets standards in efficiency, automation, precision, cleanliness and digitalisation. When it comes to commissioning the complex plant technology, we are drawing on the expertise and experience we have gained over the decades and relying on our highly motivated and qualified staff. In collaboration with Volkswagen Group Components and our partner companies and suppliers, we are taking an important step in the transition from the combustion engine to electromobility by manufacturing battery systems. We will be reaching the next milestone at the end of 2023 when we bring the second expansion stage online, enabling us to produce more than 380,000 battery systems a year in total.”
The Czech automobile producer’s headquarters is the one manufacturing website in Europe exterior Germany the place MEB battery techniques are manufactured.
The smallest model of the battery with eight modules has a capability of 55 kWh and the medium model with 9 modules shops 62 kWh. The largest battery with 12 modules has an 82 kWh capability. In addition to the modules, every containing 24 cells, the parts of an MEB battery system embrace a battery housing with an built-in cooling system, a battery administration system and the requisite electrical connections.
Skoda Auto additionally manufactures different e-components in Mlada Boleslav comparable to high-voltage traction batteries which are used within the Superb, Octavia and in plug-in hybrid automobiles of different Group manufacturers which have been produced right here since 2019.
As a part of its Next Level – Skoda Strategy 2030, the automobile producer plans to supply e-vehicles or e-components in any respect three manufacturing websites by the tip of this decade. By then, the corporate expects to have elevated the share of all-electric automobile gross sales in Europe to between 50 and 70 p.c, relying on market developments.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”