China's CATL plans battery cell production of 60 GWh from 2026 at German plant

Reuters

Published Jan 23, 2019 15:49

China's CATL plans battery cell production of 60 GWh from 2026 at German plant

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (SZ:300750) (CATL) eyes an annual production of 60 gigawatt hours (GWh) from 2026 at its first European production site in Germany, a senior CATL manager said on Wednesday.

Matthias Zentgraf, CATL's regional president for Europe, told a business conference in Berlin that its battery cell factory in Erfurt would start production in 2021 and that the company would create 600 new jobs at the site.