While the Paris Motor Show will open its doors to the public on Tuesday October 15, the electric car, tomorrow’s challengeknows a delicate passage. This is evidenced by the production of batteries in France.
In May 2024, a gigafactory was inaugurated with great fanfare in Douvrinin Pas-de-Calais by the ACC group, an alliance between Stellantis and Mercedes. The result is 750 hires.
Yes but here it is, production is more difficult than expected. Inside the first block of the factory, the size of two Eiffel Towers, operators pass each other almost in line. cosmonaut outfit. “I wear a cap and a mask to avoid releasing moisture when breathing,” explains one of them on RTL.
“The people who operate the machines are a bit like people flying a plane“, assures Cédric Souillart, production manager. “We make sure to have absolutely zero particles,” he adds. Here, the techniques are very demanding. 90% of batteries are accepted.
Also note that there remains still 30% waste during the manufacturing process. A difficulty assumed by the director of the ACC group, Yann Vincent: “We were probably too optimistic in our forecasts. We have encountered and continue to encounter a certain number of difficulties. But the important point is that our production grows day after day, week after week. We need electric vehicles to reduce the CO2 footprint, it’s absolutely necessary,” he told RTL.
Nearly 3,000 cars should be equipped this year with these first French batteries. On the Douvrin site, still in training, recruitment continues to reach soon 1,000 employees.
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