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Daimler takes 33% stake in European battery cell venture ACC

Mark White by Mark White
September 24, 2021
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Mercedes logo in Stuttgart, Germany, February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert/File Photo

BERLIN, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Daimler’s (DAIGn.DE) Mercedes-Benz on Friday said it will take a 33% stake in battery cell manufacturer Automotive Cells Company (ACC) alongside the project’s original founders Stellantis (STLA.MI) and TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA).

The purpose of the partnership is to develop cells and battery modules and “help ensure that Europe remains at the heart of the auto industry – even in an electric era”, Daimler Chief Executive Ola Kaellenius said in a statement.

Daimler added that the battery cells produced would be 95% recyclable as per its goal of a CO2-neutral supply chain by 2039. ACC will supply Mercedes-Benz with battery technology from the middle of the decade, Daimler said.

As part of the deal, Daimler will invest a mid-three-digit million euro sum in the project next year, adding that its overall investment was expected to stay below 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion).

ACC, which has also received 1.3 billion euros in French and German funding, is budgeted to require seven billion euros in equity, debt and subsidies to reach its desired capacity of 120 Gigawatt hours (GWh) by the end of the decade.

Daimler, which announced its goal in July of becoming ‘all-electric’ by 2030, plans eight gigafactories – including one in the United States and four in Europe – with existing partners and one new unnamed partner, with a capacity of at least 200 GWh.

Though European carmakers assemble battery packs for electric cars, the manufacturing of battery cells – the essential building blocks for batteries – is dominated by Asian companies.

“Together with ACC, we will develop and efficiently produce battery cells and modules in Europe – tailor-made to the specific Mercedes-Benz requirements,” Kaellenius said. “This new partnership allows us to secure supply, to take advantage of economies of scale.”

ACC, launched in September 2020 as a joint venture between France’s Stellantis and TotalEnergies, already has ties to Germany: a 2 billion euro investment in a battery cell plant in Kaiserslautern, due to start production in 2025.

It is planning on expanding its network in Europe, Daimler said.

($1 = 0.8516 euros)

Reporting by Victoria Waldersee; Editing by Christoph Steitz and Douglas Busvine

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.



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Mark White is the editor of the ProcurementNation, a Media Outlet covering supply chain and logistics issues. He joined The New York Times in 2007 as an commodities reporter, and most recently served as foreign-exchange editor in New York.

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