One of the potential investors in the construction of a battery factory is the Volkswagen Group. The second is unknown.
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The Czech government is negotiating with two potential investors, including the Volkswagen Group, to build a factory for batteries for electric cars in the Czech Republic. It is ready to support the project with incentives worth billions of crowns. This was told to Reuters by the Minister of Industry Karel Havlíček (for YES).
The German Volkswagen, which also includes the Czech carmaker Škoda Auto, announced in March this year that it plans to have six battery factories in Europe by 2030. He stated that one could stand in the Czech Republic.
Havlíček told Reuters that the government is also negotiating with another potential investor, but declined to name him. For example, the American Tesla, building a factory near Berlin, is offered. Although the batteries will be manufactured right there, the company can also look for an additional supplier. However, Czech battery production may also be useful for other carmakers planning to expand their electrically powered models.
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According to the minister, the government’s goal is to ensure the construction of one plant, but it is also possible that there will be two factories in the final.
According to Reuters, one of the representatives of Volkswagen stated this week that the company is intensively negotiating a factory for batteries for electric cars in Central Europe, but that no decision has been made yet. The Group has previously announced that in addition to the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia are also possible locations for this plant. By the way, Škoda already produces high-voltage batteries in its home factory in Mladá Boleslav, but they are intended for plug-in hybrid models.
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