据今日油价9月5日报道，石油巨头道达尔公司继续投资清洁能源领域，与汽车制造商PSA集团建立合资企业，在欧洲生产电动汽车电池，该项目预计将筹集超过59亿美元(50亿欧元)的投资。
道达尔在一份声明中表示，道达尔将通过其子公司SAFT为该项目提供产业化和研发方面的专业知识，而PSA将贡献其汽车生产方面经验。
法国波尔多的一个研发中心和Nersac的一个试验点已经开始开发新的高性能锂离子技术。两家公司计划在研发阶段结束后，在欧洲的两个千兆工厂开始大规模生产，一个在法国的杜夫林，一个在德国的凯泽斯劳滕。
道达尔表示，合资公司计划确保电池概念和制造的工业独立性，初始产能为8千瓦时，到2030年在两个地方的累计产能将达到48千瓦时。
新的合资企业，汽车电池公司(ACC)，已经得到了法国和德国当局的财政支持，预计从2023年开始生产电池。
道达尔主席Patrick Pouyanne表示:“ACC的成立表明道达尔致力于应对气候变化的挑战，并通过继续提供负担得起的、可靠的和更清洁的能源，将道达尔发展成为一家多元化的能源公司，成为能源转型中的主要参与者。我们的目标是利用子公司SAFT在电池领域的公认专业知识和合作伙伴PSA的工业技术，以满足欧洲电动汽车的强劲增长。”
除了电动汽车电池，道达尔近年来也在太阳能项目和存储系统上进行了大量投资。
在欧洲公司宣布即将推出超级工厂之际，埃隆·马斯克正在柏林参观特斯拉在欧洲的第一个超级工厂的工作进展情况。
王佳晶 摘译自 今日油价
原文如下：
Oil Major Total, Carmaker PSA Set Up $6B EV Battery Venture
Supermajor Total continues to invest in clean energy by creating a joint venture with automaker Groupe PSA to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles in Europe—a project expected to mobilize investment of more than US$5.9 billion (5 billion euro).
Total, via its subsidiary SAFT, will contribute to the project with industrialization and research and development (R&D) expertise, while PSA will contribute its automotive production experience, the French oil giant said in a statement.
An R&D center in Bordeaux and a pilot site in Nersac, France, have already launched work to develop new high-performance lithium-ion technologies. The companies plan to launch mass production after the R&D phase ends at two gigafactories in Europe, The joint venture plans to "ensure industrial independence in Europe for the conception and manufacture of batteries, with an initial capacity of 8 GWh, reaching a cumulative capacity of 48 GWh The new joint venture, Automotive Cells Company (ACC), has received financial support from the French and German authorities and is expected to begin manufacturing batteries from 2023.
"The creation of ACC illustrates Total's commitment to meet the challenge of climate change and to develop as a broad energy company, a major player in the energy transition, by continuing to provide affordable, reliable, and cleaner energy," Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman of Total, said.
"Our ambition is to leverage the recognized expertise of our subsidiary SAFT in batteries and the industrial know-how of our partner PSA to meet the strong growth of electric vehicles in Europe," the executive added.
Apart from EV batteries, Total has been heavily investing in solar projects and storage systems in recent years.
The announcement for the upcoming gigafactories from European companies came just as Elon Musk was visiting Gigafactory Berlin to see how work on Tesla's first Gigafactory in Europe was progressing.
