“This is very good news in a basin where we have relatively high unemployment rates. “ Frédéric Chéreau, the mayor of Douai, is delighted with the installation of an electric battery factory in his town, which will create 2,000 jobs. Since September, the Envision group hesitated between Dunkirk and Douai for its establishment in France. The company finally opted for Douaisis in order to be close to the factory of its biggest customer, Renault. “Industrial employment also creates many induced jobs alongside […] we need to maintain employment, we rely a lot on the Renault plant, which is our economic heart. “ The elected representative wants to support this project locally so that “The inhabitants of Douaisis can be trained to work in this factory”.
It could be a great project for the Douaisis. He could develop our factory and above all make it sustainable.
At the Renault plant in Douai, the arrival of a new industrial activity is also a source of hope. The CGT secretary of the Georges Besse site, David Dubois specifies: “It could be a great project for Douaisis. He could develop our factory and above all make it sustainable. When we see that we have been experiencing heavy periods of unemployment for more than ten years, it is sure that this could give our factory a big boost. […] There is fierce competition on the electric. Today, we are no longer the only ones on the market. If we want to perpetuate the site, we need small models at low prices. ”
Disappointment in Dunkirk
The city of Dunkirk is now less likely to deploy its « gigafactory ». This project aimed to develop a large electric battery industry for European customers, including Renault. “It’s a shame that Renault made this choice because Envision was won”, regrets the mayor of Dunkirk, Patrice Vergiete. This decision could lose the « gigafactory » to the port city in “Weakening the Dunkirk dossier”.
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