Prague One week ago, Škoda Auto launched its first electric SUV, the Enyaq model. The management of the Czech carmaker is very well aware that for the further production of cars charged from the socket, it is very important that a battery factory is established in the country, which in the business world is not called anything other than a gigafactory. The Volkswagen Group – the parent company of Škoda – wants to build a total of six in Europe by 2030. According to Lidovky.cz, negotiations on the location of the project in the Czech Republic are well under way.
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And the most probable allies should be the Mladá Boleslav carmaker, the energy giant ČEZ and the Czech state, which will encourage the project for about 50 billion with investment incentives.
“We are discussing with car manufacturers, we are furthest with Škoda Auto,” confirmed Lidovky.cz, CEO of ČEZ Daniel Beneš. His company is currently preparing the mining of lithium, a key raw material for the production of batteries for electric cars, at Cínovec in the Ore Mountains. It could start in three years. And it can also offer a location: the area of the former coal-fired power plant in Prunéřov. The whole effort will undoubtedly pay off. Due to the tightening standards for exhaust emissions, car manufacturers are increasingly focusing on the development, production and promotion of electric cars. And the managers of Škoda Auto know that it is advantageous to have a battery factory “around the corner” – the company has three production plants in the Czech Republic, in Mladá Boleslav, Kvasiny and Vrchlabí.
But there is also a business-interesting model elsewhere in Europe. “It’s an opportunity and a struggle against time. When we fall asleep, battery factories will be established elsewhere than in the Czech Republic. All decisions of a fundamental type must be made this year, “Daniel Beneš reminded. The interim result of negotiations between ČEZ, Škoda and the state should be published in June. “So far, I can’t comment on it in agreement with the actors, it’s a significant investment. But it is on the right track, “Deputy Prime Minister for the Economy Karel Havlíček (for YES) told the Lidovky.cz server. What can the state offer investors? “Working on it. It is a comprehensive and quite demanding package of direct and indirect incentives. Both from the budget and from the EU, “he added.
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