Skoda Auto has manufactured 500,000 battery techniques at its important plant in Mladá Boleslav, because the model forges forward with its e-campaign.
The superior MEB (Modular Electrification Toolkit) battery techniques are essential parts fitted in MEB automobiles and fashions with a plug-in hybrid drivetrain throughout VW Group manufacturers. Skoda is investing closely within the transformation of its services and improvement, digitalisation and additional training of its workforce, with the corporate already upskilling greater than 23,000 staff to arrange for the calls for of e-mobility.
Since September 2019, high-voltage traction batteries for fashions with plug-in hybrid drive have been produced on the firm’s headquarters. The techniques are utilized by Skoda automobiles, in addition to group manufacturers Audi, SEAT and Volkswagen.
Every shift on the facility sees round 50 staff working in an space of roughly 2,000 m². Each 86 seconds, a battery for MQB-based fashions with plug-in hybrid drivetrain is accomplished. When it’s being unloaded from the manufacturing line the battery weighs roughly 130 kilograms, with a staff of 13 absolutely automated robots employed to deal with notably heavy parts on the manufacturing line.
In Could 2022, Skoda Auto launched the manufacturing of battery techniques for all-electric automobiles based mostly on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electrification Toolkit (MEB). The techniques have a capability of 55 to 82 kWh and are put in within the firm’s personal MEB fashions in addition to MEB automobiles by Volkswagen and Audi.
Together with the particular person battery modules, every containing 16 cells or 24 cells, an MEB battery system additionally features a case with an built-in cooling and a battery administration system, in addition to the mandatory electrical connections. There are round 250 staff working on the present manufacturing line, during which Skoda Auto has invested round 130 million euros.
The automobile producer shall be commissioning one other MEB meeting line in 2023, growing its whole manufacturing quantity to 2,300 models per day, consisting of 1,500 MEB models per day, and 800 models for PHEV battery techniques.
Michael Oeljeklaus, Skoda Auto Board Member for Manufacturing and Logistics, mentioned: “Battery techniques are the important thing part for our profitable transformation to e-mobility. The landmark of 500,000 Skoda-made battery techniques for MEB and plug-in hybrid automobiles is an impressive achievement. It testifies each the belief of the Volkswagen Group in our highly-skilled staff and our uncompromising dedication to e-mobility. And we’re even shifting up one other gear quickly once we shall be opening an extra meeting line and additional improve the day by day manufacturing capability of battery techniques. We’re subsequently following our clearly outlined roadmap with the intention to strengthen the Czech Republic as an e-mobility hub.”
MEB battery techniques in numbers
16 or 24-cell batteries55-82 kWh whole capability (permitting as much as 347 miles of vary)52-77 kWh internet capability (to ensure lengthy lifespan)345-493kg weight (optimum weight for low centre of gravity)2.3, 7.2 or 11 kW AC charging (house sockets, wallbox or public cost level)As much as 135 kW quick charging (10-80% cost in 29 minutes)
Could 5, 2023