RENERA presented a project for the production of batteries for electric vehicles

RENERA company (part of the state corporation Rosatom) on February 7th presented its strategy for the production of batteries for electric vehicles. The project will be implemented in two stages, the press service of RENERA reports. Thus, at the first stage, by the end of 2023, a research and production center for energy storage systems based on lithium-ion batteries will be launched in Moscow at the site of Technopolis Moscow Special Economic Zone (SEZ).

The production capacity will be 320 MWh. The second stage (2023 - 2025) provides for the construction of a gigafactory in Kaliningrad. The capacities will make it possible to produce battery cells with a total capacity of up to 4 GWh. This amount should be enough to produce 50 thousand electric cars. RENERA product line is based on the concept of a universal module that allows you to design batteries for various applications.

The module can be used in the architecture of stationary energy storage systems and electric vehicles - passenger electric vehicles, electric buses, freight transport, low-floor vehicles and rail rolling stock. According to Alexander Kamashev, General Director of RENERA LLC, RENERA batteries can be built into almost all cars produced in Russia, regardless of the platform - Russian or foreign. In his opinion, the potential of the electric vehicle market is huge, and it will be possible to scale production, adjusting to the level of demand in the future.

According to the data of the AUTOSTAT agency, in 2022 a little less than 3 thousand electric cars were bought in Russia. Serial assembly has been established only at Motorinvest Lipetsk plant (Evolute brand) and Moskvich enterprise. There are plans to produce electric vehicles at Avtotor, GAZ, KAMAZ and even AVTOVAZ (e-Largus). If these plans are translated into reality, our country will experience an explosive growth in electric transport, and the volume of this segment of the car market will grow significantly.