German impacts, page-50

Manager MagazinBattery factories in Germany (09.11.2021)
https://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/autoindustrie/batteriezellen-werke-ueberblick-wo-die-lithium-ionen-akkuzellen-fuer-deutsche-elektroautos-entstehen-a-04e332f9-6166-4c4b-a071-df6e5d80d5c8

Quotes: "This is where the batteries for German e-cars are to be produced"
"...battery cell plants are under construction throughout Germany. We present the most important construction projects."

Erfurt
"The old freight station in Arnstadt has seen better days, as a photo from the portal inthüringen.de from the end of October shows. But that is likely to change in the foreseeable future. Because Deutsche Bahn wants to revive the station 15 kilometers south of Erfurt..."
"The main reason for the revival of the run-down station: The Chinese battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) is setting up a plant for battery cells in the Erfurter Kreuz industrial park, a good three kilometers to the north."

Berlin (Grünheide)
"Tesla in Grünheide: Elon Musk wants advance permission for battery production"
"Tesla is building a battery cell production facility in Grünheide in addition to car production. The shell of the battery factory is already in place, Musk is pushing for a preliminary permit."

Kaiserslautern
"Three-man team relies on German-French cooperation."
"Battery cells are also to be produced at the Opel site in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate: For the cell plant, Opel parent company Stellantis and German automaker Daimler have teamed up with battery manufacturer Saft, which belongs to French energy group Total. Their joint venture Automotive Cells Company (ACC) is to produce its own cells..."

Göttingen and Salzgitter
"In Göttingen, Lower Saxony, a former Bosch plant is being converted to battery cell production: VW's Chinese battery cell partner Gotion bought the plant in July. According to previous reports, the company intends to set up lithium-ion cell assembly there, but Gotion's first battery production center in Europe is also to be built there."
"Volkswagen had joined Gotion in May 2020 as its largest shareholder, for around one billion euros."

Bitterfeld
"Smaller battery factories: Farasis factory in Bitterfeld falters."

Saarland (Überherrn)
"In Überherrn, Saarland, Svolt, an offshoot of the Chinese car company Great Wall Motors, wants to produce lithium-ion cells from the end of 2023. However, protests by citizens have prevented the start of construction, which was planned for early 2021."

Brandenburg (Ludwigsfelde)
"The battery cell plant of U.S. supplier Microvast in Ludwigsfelde, Brandenburg, is off to a comparatively modest start:"
"The battery chemistry specialist, which specializes in battery cells for commercial vehicles, has already started up its first cell production line."

Baden-Wuerttemberg (Ellwangen)
"The German battery manufacturer Varta, which until now has specialized in smaller cells, also wants to manufacture battery cells for electric cars - in Ellwangen, Baden-Württemberg, starting in 2024."
"Some time ago, Varta announced that Porsche would be its first customer."

Baden-Wuerttemberg
"There is another, smaller cell plant in the southern German state: Swiss battery manufacturer Leclanché already produces lithium-ion cells in Willstätt with a current capacity of 200 megawatt hours. In the long term, however, the plant is to be scaled up to a total capacity of 2.5 gigawatt hours."