On Tuesday, May 30, France opened its first electrical car mill in Billy-Berclau. The owner of the "gigafactory" (with a dimension of six football pitches) is the Automotive Cells Company (ACC), a company of the French energy giant TotalEnergies, German Mercedes-Benz Group AG and French-Italian-Yankean Stellantis N.V. producing, among others, Peugeot, Fiat and Chrysler. The beginning was attended by French economical ministers Bruno Le Maire, Roland Lescure manufacture and energy transformation Ágnes Pannier-Runacher, as well as German and Italian officials. The presidents of TotalEnergies, Mercedes and Stellantis were besides present.
The construction of a network of factories in the Hauts-de-France region in the north-east of France over the next 3 years is 1 of the main points of the “reindustrialisation” task of the country implemented by president Emmanuel Macron. The Chinese-Japanese Envision AESC is to build a car mill for Renault by 2025 under Douai. besides from 2025 the production of electrical car batteries in Dunkirk is expected to begin French start-up Verkor. Taiwanese ProLogium Technology Co. factory, Ltd is expected to start working in the same city in 2026.
"Reindustrialisation" task by president E. Macrona is expected to transform Hauts-de-France into the equivalent of the Yankee Silicon Valley in the area of electrical car production and batteries for them. China remains the leader in this area and is besides an almost monopolist in supplying battery materials. Europe’s competitors are besides the USA, which is subsidised by the Inflation simplification Act Clean Energy Sector with a capital of 370 billion. USD per year.
The European Union has designated 2035 as the date of departure from petrol-powered cars. In fresh years, she has so announced the launch of around 50 battery factories for electrical cars. France expects to accomplish 2 million electrical cars per year by 2030. The ACC ‘Gigafactory’ in Billy-Berclau is expected to contribute to this figure of 500,000 cars produced annually.
Ronald Lasecki
