BMW signs 1 bln euros battery order with China’s CATL
China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) will build a battery cell factory in the German state of Thuringia to supply European automakers including BMW, three sources said.
An official signing ceremony will take place at a summit in Berlin with China’s Premier Li Keqiang on July 9, two of the sources said.
Chinese workers produce lithium battery on the assembly line at a factory of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co in Ningde city, Southeast China’s Fujian province, Jan 10, 2018.
* Order worth over 1 bln euros, backs Europe factory plans
* CATL planning aggressive domestic capacity expansion
* Firm’s growth backed by state electric vehicle ambitions (Adds detail of deal, background)
SHANGHAI, June 29 (Reuters) – BMW has awarded a contract worth just over a billion euros ($1.16 billion) to China’s lithium battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL), the German carmaker said on Thursday.
The deal will allow China’s biggest lithium battery maker to build a factory to produce cells for electric cars in Europe, BMW spokesman Glenn Schmidt said.
CATL is banking on a state-led Chinese drive to curb pollution from traditional combustion engines and increase the country’s presence in the overseas new energy vehicle (NEV) market.
宝马采购10亿欧元宁德时代电池，宁德将在德国建厂
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据英国路透社报道，6月28日，宝马公司的新闻发言人Glenn Schmidt宣布，宝马已经和中国锂电池制造商宁德时代公司签署了协议，将采购价值10亿欧元的车用锂电池。
这并不是宁德时代公司在欧洲或德国获得的第一个电池大客户。五月份，德国汽车巨头戴姆勒公司负责采购的一名高管证实，中国宁德时代公司已经正式成为戴姆勒公司的锂电池供应商，戴姆勒将会在自家电动车车型中使用对方的电池，但是具体的采购规模和金额，尚不得而知。
据悉，此次进一步获得宝马公司的采购合同，将推动宁德时代在德国建设锂电池工厂。
目前，宁德时代正在德国寻找合适的锂电池工厂厂址。其中，德国Thuringia州的政府正在鼓励宁德时代在该州Erfurt市的一处地点建设工厂。
据报道，宁德时代目前已经成为全世界规模最大的车用电池制造商。不久前，宁德时代成功上市，获得大量资金，该公司正在利用融资所得扩大制造规模。预计到2020年，该公司车用电池产量将达到50吉瓦时。
在中国车用电池供应商中，比亚迪和宁德时代成为一对捉对厮杀的对手。
此次发出采购订单的宝马公司，是全球知名的豪华车制造商。和全球汽车行业一样，宝马公司也制定了发展电动车的计划。据统计，今年前五个月，宝马公司在美国销售的宝马和MINI品牌车辆中，电动车占到了7%，电动车的销量猛增了六成。
在挪威、马来西亚等市场，宝马公司所销售的宝马和MINI车辆中，电动车的比例已经超过了一半。
据悉，2018年，宝马公司的电动车销量目标是14万辆。
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CATL’s sales ranked No 1 among the world’s top battery producers in 2017, according to Shenzhen Gaogong Industry Research Co Ltd. So far, the company has set up branches in France, the United States, Canada and Japan. According to CATL Chairman Huang Shilin, the company expects to raise its production capacity to 30 gigawatt-hours by the end of 2019 and 50 GWh by 2020－more than double its 2017 production total. Japanese business daily Nikkei reported in May that CATL will likely be supplying batteries to Japan-based Nissan Motor Co Ltd and France’s Renault SA for a series of new electric… Read more »