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While you consider Škoda, you don’t consider it being a battery large. You consider it being a reasonably sized model inside the Volkswagen Group secure. (Or, not less than, I do.) Nonetheless, the very fact is, Škoda Auto does produce numerous batteries for numerous Volkswagen Group autos — greater than 500,000 to this point. And that’s simply because it began doing this in Could 2022!
That’s accomplished at Škoda Auto’s Mladá Boleslav manufacturing unit within the Czech Republic. Naturally, Škoda itself makes use of these batteries in its EVs, however so do Volkswagen, Audi, and SEAT. The batteries vary from 55 kWh to 82 kWh in power storage capability.
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MEB batteries being produced. Picture courtesy of Škoda Auto.
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MEB batteries being produced. Picture courtesy of Škoda Auto.
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MEB batteries being produced. Picture courtesy of Škoda Auto.
“Together with the 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, by which Škoda Auto has invested round 130 million euros,” the corporate states.
Right here’s a full checklist of the important thing numbers from Škoda Auto:
16 or 24-cell batteries per module
55–82 kWh complete capability per battery pack (“permitting as much as 347 miles of vary”)
52–77 kWh web capability for these batteries (“to ensure lengthy lifespan,” not all the storage capability is used)
345–493 kg weight (“optimum weight for low centre of gravity”)
2.3, 7.2, or 11 kW AC charging (dwelling sockets, wallbox, or public cost level)
As much as 135 kW quick charging (10–80% cost in 29 minutes)
Passing this milestone doesn’t imply the corporate is celebrating its achievement and slowing down. On the contrary, Škoda is elevating manufacturing capability of those MEB automobile batteries, to 1,500 a day. It’s additionally producing 800 plug-in hybrid batteries a day. A brand new meeting line is coming later in 2023 to extend manufacturing.
“Škoda is investing closely within the transformation of its amenities and improvement, digitalisation and additional schooling of its workforce, with the corporate already upskilling greater than 23,000 staff to organize for the calls for of e-mobility,” the corporate writes.
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MEB batteries being produced. KUKA robots featured. Picture courtesy of Škoda Auto.
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MEB batteries being produced, that includes KUKA robots. Picture courtesy of Škoda Auto.
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Škoda Enyaq Coupe iV being produced at ŠKODA Auto Mladá Boleslav. Picture courtesy of Škoda Auto.
“Battery methods are the important thing part for our profitable transformation to e-mobility. The landmark of 500,000 Škoda-made battery methods for MEB and plug-in hybrid autos is an impressive achievement,” Michael Oeljeklaus, Škoda Auto Board Member for Manufacturing and Logistics, provides. “It testifies each the belief of the Volkswagen Group in our highly-skilled crew and our uncompromising dedication to e-mobility. And we’re even shifting up one other gear quickly once we will probably be opening a further meeting line and additional enhance the day by day manufacturing capability of battery methods. We’re subsequently following our clearly outlined roadmap to be able to strengthen the Czech Republic as an e-mobility hub.”
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