ŠKODA AUTO has began manufacturing battery programs for all-electric autos primarily based on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electrification Toolkit (MEB) in Mladá Boleslav. This makes the automotive producer’s major plant the one manufacturing facility for MEB battery programs in Europe exterior Germany.
Round 250 workers will quickly be assembling greater than 250,000 MEB battery programs a 12 months on the newly constructed manufacturing line. Along with ŠKODA autos, these can even be put in in MEB fashions made by Volkswagen, Audi and SEAT.
The Czech automotive producer’s headquarters is the one manufacturing website in Europe exterior Germany the place MEB battery programs are manufactured: The smallest model with eight modules has a capability of 55 kWh and the medium model with 9 modules shops 62 kWh. The biggest battery with 12 modules boasts an 82-kWh capability.
Along with the modules, every containing 24 cells, the parts of an MEB battery system embody a battery housing with built-in cooling system, a battery administration system and the requisite electrical connections.
ŠKODA AUTO additionally manufactures different e-components in Mladá Boleslav; high-voltage traction batteries which can be used within the SUPERB iV, OCTAVIA iV and in plug-in hybrid autos of different Group manufacturers have been produced right here since autumn 2019.
The corporate’s transformation is gaining momentum on the again of the brand new manufacturing line. As a cornerstone of its NEXT LEVEL – ŠKODA STRATEGY 2030, the automotive producer plans to provide e-vehicles or e-components in any respect three manufacturing websites by the top of this decade. The intention is to safeguard current jobs over the long run and create new ones on the identical time.
By then, the corporate expects to have elevated the share of all-electric automotive gross sales in Europe to between 50 and 70%, relying on market developments. To attain this, ŠKODA AUTO will proceed to affect its mannequin portfolio over the approaching years. By 2030, the vary will embody not less than three extra BEVs, all of which will probably be under the ENYAQ iV when it comes to worth and measurement.
