US EditionVerkor Inaugurates Battery Plant for Electric Vehicles
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The Grenobloise start-up of batteries for electric vehicles Verkor presented, on Thursday, near the large northern port, its first gigafactory, the third in the French battery valley.
The new tricolor manufacturer of batteries for electric vehicles Verkor inaugurated Thursday in the North its first gigafactory, the third now in the French battery valley, in...
REPORTING - Just five years after the start of the start-up, its first gigafactory begins to produce, but the challenges remain to impose itself in this highly competitive sector.
Launch for the huge factory of Verkor, this Thursday 11 December 2025, in Bourbourg, near Dunkirk. The site just inaugurated must employ 1,200 people by 2027, a symbol of the reindustrialization of the region for the mayor of Dunkirk.
The third French auto battery plant is under pressure, with the possible postponement of the deadline of 2035 regarding the end of the sale of the thermal cars.
Located in the Hauts-de-France, Verkor's new gigafactory is part of an industrial strategy to strengthen the production of batteries for electric vehicles in Europe. Its opening comes as the European Commission plans to amend the roadmap for the ban on new thermal engines from 2035 onwards, a prospect that complicates the growth projections of the electrified automotive sector. Verkor: a gigafactory at the heart of the European energy transition…
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