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“Gigafactory” projects are springing up like mushrooms on the Old Continent. In France, the first of these mega-factories of batteries for electric vehicles to come out of the ground, in Douvrin (Pas-de-Calais), will be inaugurated with great fanfare this Tuesday, in the presence, among others, of three French ministers and three bosses of the groups involved (Stellantis, TotalEnergies and Mercedes).
In total, around fifty projects of this type have been announced at European level in recent years. Only a few factories are already in operation, in Germany, Sweden, Poland and Hungary. The first of these was that of the Swedish electric battery group Northvolt in Skellefteå, Sweden, in December 2021. It was followed in particular by Tesla's giga-factory in Germany, in Grünheide, near Berlin, in March. 2022, which had been rumored to close last year.
France is trying to catch up on some of its European neighbors. After the Douvrin site, installed by ACC - the joint venture between Stellantis, TotalEnergies and Mercedes -, three other factories will open their doors in France, all in Hauts-de-France: that of the Chinese AESC-Envision in Douai, near the Renault factory, and those of the French start-up Verkor and the Taiwanese ProLogium in Dunkirk. The announcement of the establishment of the latter is very recent, since it was announced by Emmanuel Macron a little over two weeks ago.
For the Old Continent, the challenge behind the installation of these dozens of gigafactories, with the backing of public aid, is significant: to catch up with Asian suppliers, particularly Chinese, who have 10 to 20 years ahead in this field. With the horizon of the year 2035 in mind, the date on which the ban on the sale of new thermal vehicles in Europe will come into force.
