In a recent press release, Peugeot gave us an inside look at its manufacturing facilities for electrified vehicles. Peugeot’s team of technicians are responsible for assembling and testing each battery that goes into its electric cars and vans. These experts excel in their field, which is a key value of the Peugeot brand. They are specially trained before they join the European factories of the carmaker in Spain, Slovakia, and France.
By 2025, Peugeot says its whole model lineup will have an electric variant. This will necessitate a significant increase in battery production. By next year, according to Peugeot, it will produce around 10,000 batteries a month for its vehicle collection and up to 7,000 batteries a month for its LCV range.
The Stellantis Group employs experienced workers in its 5 battery assembly plants: Vigo & Saragossa , Trnava , Sochaux & Mulhouse , and Hordain . Both electric and conventional combustion engine vehicles are assembled on the same line. Additionally, there’s the problem of being a “jack of all trades, master of none.” The best performing EVs have to be built on a very different platform than gas vehicles to both optimize for the heavy battery pack and to keep centers of gravity low. Can these production lines really churn out both types of vehicles without sacrificing quality?of how this can go poorly is the Mercedes-Benz EQC. The EQC, as we know it, is largely a facelift of the GLC with an electric powertrain.