Destined to be one of the largest in Europe, the plant is being developed through Automotive Cells Company (ACC), a joint venture between the Stellantis and Mercedes-Benz brands and TotalEnergies’ battery subsidiary, Saft.
It will be built next to an Opel parts plant on a 34-hectare site that will house a former shopping complex that will be demolished.
The first production line is expected to arrive in 2025, generating batteries with a total annual capacity of 13. 4 GWh.
Once completed in 2030, the plant will have three production lines with a combined capacity of 40 GWh, enough to manufacture about 600,000 cars per year.
Arcadis has already carried out environmental due diligence, decontamination and deconstruction of 1. 3 million cubic meters of former commercial spaces.
He awarded the package of drawing up and controlling allocations of the new gigafactory, which entrusts him with the control of the appropriations control office.
“We are seeing investments in the global gigafactory market,” said Martijn Karrenbeld, Arcadis’ global director of commercial manufacturing.