factbox - plans for electric car battery production in europe

(Reuters)-China’s BYD (1211. HK)(002594. SZ)
Consideration is being given to introducing battery production in Europe, the latest Asian battery manufacturer to make progress in Europe while seeking to build a home in Brussels
The rapid development of electric vehicle production has promoted the development of automobile industry.
There is only one operating plant in Europe that produces electric vehicle batteries
A factory in Britain that produces batteries for Nissan (7201. T)
Vehicles like leaves.
Here are the details of the plan to build an electric vehicle (EV)
Battery factory in Europe: North Volt.
Swedish company led by former TeslaTSLA. O)
To build the largest lithium in Europe.
Ion battery factory producing 32 gigawatt hours (GWh)
By 2023, the annual battery will exceed Tesla\'s US market. S. “gigafactory”.
With Siemens (SIEGn. DE), ABB (ABBN. S)and Volkswagen-owned (VOWG_p. DE)
Scania, a truck maker, will build 4 billion euros ($4. 7 billion)
The European Investment Bank has provided financial support. TERRAE www. terrae. com The German-
A consortium of 17 companies and research institutions plans to build two foundries
Customized production of ion batteries according to customer specifications.
The target of the two factories is to reach 34 GWh capacity by 2028. BYD en. byd. com (1211. HK)(002594. SZ)
China\'s electric vehicle maker BYD is also one of the world\'s largest battery producers, with the industry\'s lowest production costs, according to Bernstein Research.
BYD is considering producing batteries in Europe, a senior executive told Reuters, adding it is unclear where it might be located.
BYD\'s growing production of electric buses is also involved in the areas of monorail, solar farms and energy storage.
The company has two electric bus production bases in Europe, Hungary and France.
Berkshire Hathaway, owned by Buffett (BRKa. N)
He warned during the March that China would cut new subsidies
Quarterly profits for energy vehicles could fall by 90%. CATL www. catlbattery.
China Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. , Ltd. CATL)(300750. SZ)
One of the largest electric vehicle battery producers, said in November it plans to raise its ipo for $2 billion)
6-ion battery output
GWh production capacity increased to 50 times by 2020.
In last January, CATL acquired a 22% stake in Valmet Automotive, a Finnish car supplier, and said it plans to build a factory in Europe, but no details have yet been released.
Volkswagen and Daimler (DAIGn. DE)
They plan to buy batteries from CATL. LG CHEM www. lgchem.
Com/global/main (051910. KS)
South Korea\'s LG Chem plans to produce 100,000 electric vehicle batteries a year at a Polish factory completed this year.
LG Chem is Volkswagen, General Motors (GM. N)
Renault SA (RENA. PA).
Samsung SDI www. samsungsdi. com (006400. KS)
South Korea\'s Samsung SDI plans to open a factory near Budapest this year to produce batteries for 50,000 electric vehicles a year.
Samsung SDI, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. , Ltd (005930. KS)
It also produces rechargeable batteries for electronic devices such as smartphones and energy storage systems.
Samsung SDI already has a factory in Austria to assemble battery packs, and the company has provided batteries for both the general public and BMW.
SK Innovation Projectskinnovation. com/main. asp (096770. KS)
South Korea\'s SK Innovation plans to break ground at a battery plant in Hungary this year and start production and production from 2020.
5 GWh batteries per year.
Customers will include Daimler, the company said.
SK Innovation was originally a Korean oil company with the largest crude oil refinery in South Korea.
The company also has departments of chemicals, lubricants, batteries and electronic materials.
GSR Capital www. gsrcapital.
Last year, GSR Capital, a Chinese investment firm, bought Nissan Motor Corp (7201. T)
Battery business for electric vehicles
Automotive Energy Supply
Including battery factories in Japan and the United States. S.
Tennessee and England.
The British factory produces 2 GWh lithium-ion batteries for Nissan electric vehicles every year.
On February, GSR signed an agreement of $4.
The 5 billion joint venture has reached an agreement with Zorlu holdings in Turkey to establish a factory that will start production of electric vehicles and energy storage system batteries in 2023.
GSR said it would invest $0. 5 billion in Swedish National Electric Vehicle, a Swedish electric vehicle manufacturer (NEVS)
And plans to start the production of electric vehicle batteries in new energy vehicles.
Wu Song, chairman of GSR Capital, told Reuters that the Swedish factory may be put into production in the medium term. to late-
2019 and GSR are also looking for more battery plants elsewhere in Europe. GS YUASA www. gs-yuasa. com/en (6674. T)
Japanese battery maker GS Yuasa Corp. said in January that it will set up a factory in Hungary to assemble lithium-ion batteries and consider producing them in the plant in the future.
The Nikkei business daily reported last year that the company will start a large-scale listing.
To produce a new lithium
Ion batteries will double the range of electric vehicles to 2020 kilometers at the earliest. LISHEN en. lishen. com.
Chinese battery maker Tianjin Lishen plans to open a sales office in Germany, the company\'s first sales office in Europe, a source from the company said in April that the company has been working
The largest shareholder of Lishen is China Electronic Technology Group (CETC), a state-
According to its website, the company is run by the central government. SAFT www. saftbatteries.
Com France\'s Saft, owned by Total, an energy company (TOTF. PA)
Production of a range of batteries including back batteries
Power and industrial applications for electric vehicles.
On February, it was related to West Mans and Solvey (SOLB. BR)and Manz (M5ZG. DE)
Develop a new generation of batteries.
The group will focus on advanced highLithium densityion and solid-
National Technology with the goal of electric vehicle, railway, ocean and other industry markets.
Mainland www. continental-automotive. com (CONG. DE)
Continental, a German manufacturer of auto parts and tires, has formed a joint venture with China CITC Co. , Ltd. to produce so-
It is called a \"mild\" hybrid battery in China.
Continental Airlines also said it is considering making electric vehicle batteries using solid batteries
National technology, but no more progress has been made in this area. ($1 = 0. 8544 euros)