Green Car Congress
AUGUST 31, 2016
Samsung SDI has decided to use Hungary as its Li-ion battery production base in Europe. The new facility in Hungary will enable Samsung SDI to establish a global triangular production structure along with existing plants in Ulsan, Korea and Xian, China. —Executive Vice President Jeong SehWoong.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 12, 2022
Just three and a half years ago, Benchmark’s lithium-ion Battery Gigafactory Assessment (September 2018) reported Europe’s battery cell capacity to be at 120GWh by 2030—enough cells for 2.2 Samsung SDI (Hungary): 20 GWh. SK Innovation (Hungary): 7.5 million EVs. Now this planned annual capacity figure stands at 789.2
Green Car Congress
JUNE 6, 2018
Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting construction of its first “Full-Flex Plant“ in Kecskemét, Hungary, about 90 km in the south of Budapest. With an investment of one billion euros, we are building in Hungary the first ‘Full-Flex Plant’ in the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars.
Baua Electric
MAY 6, 2023
When it first started construction the unedited Audi e-tron, in 2018, the automobile’s battery cells have been trucked into the plant. Now, the plant receives its cells from a plant nearly 900 miles away in Göd, Hungary, akin Budapest, transport them by means of electrical teach.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 19, 2016
While development of the principle is ongoing, Audi has begun to use modular assembly in developing the production process for the electric motor for the 2018 e-tron SUV (C-BEV) ( earlier post ). Modular assembly uses 19 island stations, some of which are used several times within the build process.
Baua Electric
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Rumors started brewing about the future of the plant in two years ago, when Ford made the call to build its next-gen EVs in Spain and not reboot and retrain workers at Saarlouis. BYD was reported to be among the companies interested, but the Chinese automaker has since announced it is opening its first European plant in Hungary.
Green Car Congress
MAY 18, 2018
The Hambach site in France features many years of experience in building fully electric cars. In Germany the smart brand is the market leader among all-electric vehicles in the first quarter of 2018. Thereby, smart will be the first automotive brand of the world, which completely changes from combustion engines to electric drives.
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