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"From the logistics and supply-chain viewpoint, Northern France is very interesting because there's a big port: Dunkirk. Today we need a steady supply of materials, since all of the components are from Asia. That's critical to supply our future plan. " Ayumi Kurose, Project Director France Battery Manufacturing Plant for Envision AESC
Published on 20.12.2022 
On June 28th, the CEO of Envision announced the opening of a new battery factory in Douai, in the Hauts-de-France region. This decision follows Renault’s choice to use Envision AESC to equip its electric vehicles that will be assembled at the Douai factory.
Competiting against Finland and the Czech Republi, the Hauts-de-France Region is welcoming its second gigafactory which is going to invest €2-billion investment. The production capacity of the new Douai factory will reach 9GWh in 2024 and 24GWh by 2030 for the production of low-carbon footprint batteries. Approximately 2,500 jobs will be created by 2030. Renault also plans to increase electric vehicle sales to 90% by 2030. This project, supported by the state and the region, has received assistance from Business France and Nord France Invest, the investment promotion agency for Northern France. With this new investment, the Hauts-de-France region confirms its economic attractiveness in the electric vehicle sector and becomes the ‘battery valley’ of France with a total production capacity of 48GWh.
“We’ve had great support from the region, from the local authorities, and so on in developing our industry. Thanks to them, a lot of things are moving ahead today, starting with permits and authorizations, but also employment and general attractiveness.
In any case, I think that in the north of France you can find all the components you need to grow a complex industry like ours.
So I encourage people to come and give it a try. Because you’re likely to find very good people to support you and commit to developing new businesses like this one.”Ayumi Kurose– Project Director France Battery Manufacturing Plant – Envision AESC
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