China’s CATL cements car battery dominance with €7bn Hungary plant
宁德时代斥资73亿欧元在匈牙利建新厂
China’s CATL will build a €7.3bn battery plant in Hungary, increasing its foothold in Europe and cementing its status as the world’s largest car battery manufacturer. Construction on the factory in the eastern city of Debrecen will start later in 2022, CATL said on Friday. It has planned capacity of 100GWh a year, which would make it the largest “gigafactory” in Europe.
宁德时代(CATL)将在匈牙利建造一家耗资73亿欧元的电池厂，此举将扩大这家中国公司在欧洲的立足点，并巩固其作为世界最大汽车电池制造商的地位。
CATL, which supplies batteries to Tesla and Volkswagen among others, did not specify when that target would be reached, but a company filing posted on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange showed that it expected to complete the Hungary factory within five-and-a-half years.
宁德时代上周五表示，这家工厂选址匈牙利东部城市德布勒森(Debrecen)，将在2022年晚些时候开工兴建。它计划达到100吉瓦时(GWh)的年产能，这将使其成为欧洲最大的“超级工厂”。
Supplies from the 221-hectare site — CATL’s second in Europe — will be delivered to European carmakers, almost all of which have existing supply deals with the company. Mercedes will initially be the largest single customer.
宁德时代向特斯拉(Tesla)和大众(Volkswagen)等汽车制造商供应电池。该公司没有具体说明何时达到上述产能目标，但深圳证交所发布的该公司申报文件显示，它预计在五年半内完成匈牙利工厂的建设。
