Škoda Auto Has Produced 500,000+ Batteries For Volkswagen Group EVs

Once you consider Škoda, you don’t consider it being a battery big. You consider it being a reasonably sized model inside the Volkswagen Group secure. (Or, not less than, I do.) Nevertheless, the very fact is, Škoda Auto does produce lots of batteries for numerous Volkswagen Group automobiles — greater than 500,000 thus far. And that’s simply because it began doing this in Might 2022!

That’s performed 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 vitality storage capability.

MEB batteries being produced. Photograph courtesy of Škoda Auto.

MEB batteries being produced. Photograph courtesy of Škoda Auto.

MEB batteries being produced. Photograph 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 record of the important thing numbers from Škoda Auto:

• 16 or 24-cell batteries per module
• 55–82 kWh whole capability per battery pack (“permitting as much as 347 miles of vary”)
• 52–77 kWh internet capability for these batteries (“to ensure lengthy lifespan,” not the entire storage capability is used)
• 345–493 kg 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)

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 services and improvement, digitalisation and additional training 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.

MEB batteries being produced. KUKA robots featured. Photograph courtesy of Škoda Auto.

MEB batteries being produced, that includes KUKA robots. Photograph courtesy of Škoda Auto.

Škoda Enyaq Coupe iV being produced at ŠKODA Auto Mladá Boleslav. Photograph courtesy of Škoda Auto.

“Battery techniques are the important thing part for our profitable transformation to e-mobility. The landmark of 500,000 Škoda-made battery techniques for MEB and plug-in hybrid automobiles 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 workforce and our uncompromising dedication to e-mobility. And we’re even shifting up one other gear quickly once we shall be opening a further meeting line and additional enhance the each 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.”