Gotion High Tech to make battery cells in Germany in 2023
Chinese battery cell manufacturer and Volkswagen partner Gotion High-Tech has revealed details of its plans for the former Bosch plant in Göttingen, which it bought last year. To see also : The fall of Israel’s high-tech prime minister. Gotion High-Tech says that Göttingen will be its first battery production and business headquarters in Europe.
The plan is to build the project on the Bosch site in two phases, a brownfield and a greenfield plant with annual production targets of 6 and 12 GWh, respectively. The first production line, with an annual capacity of 3.5 GWh, is scheduled to be put into operation in September 2023. Gotion has not yet revealed when the brownfield plant (ie an existing plant) will be scaled up to 6 GWh. The renovation is expected to start at the end of this year.
Gotion says the existing buildings cover 40,000 square meters, but the entire area is 174,000 square meters. Apart from the target capacity of 12 GWh, Gotion has not revealed any further details about the plant to be built on the still undeveloped area. It is therefore also unclear whether the 18 GWh target will be reached in Göttingen.
What is clear is that the cells will be LFP cells. Gotion says that these will be used for batteries for buses, cars, energy storage, mobile devices and other product lines. Ahmet Toptas, head of Gotion Germany’s Göttingen plant, says: “With Gotion High – Tech’s advanced lithium iron phosphate battery cell technology, together with experienced German employees, strict quality control and high quality requirements in Europe, we intend to cover customers in the energy storage, commercial vehicles and passenger cars in the future, to meet the demand for the new energy market in Europe and help Gotion High-Tech accelerate the expansion of foreign markets. “
“We will combine China’s advanced battery technology with Germany’s advanced process technology to create more excellent products and contribute to society, to promote the progress and development of the new energy industry,” said Li Zhen, Chairman of the Board of Gotion High-Tech.
Gotion High-Tech is currently well positioned in international supply chains. Just a few days ago, the Chinese company signed an agreement to build a lithium carbonate plant in Argentina.
