25 million dollar battery pack factory investment from Skywell to Turkey. Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Skywell has announced that it will invest $25 million in Turkey to manufacture battery packs. The company opened its first battery plant, which cost $70 million, in China’s Jiangsu province last year.
The Chinese manufacturer, which stepped into the passenger car industry with the ET5, which is also sold in Turkey, has been producing battery modules and packages itself since the second half of 2022. Skywell, which buys its cells from Farasis just like Togg, will pack batteries in a facility whose location is not yet known in Turkey, similar to the one in China, and supply them to markets where it sells, both in Turkey and in Europe and the Middle East.
The company will switch to 800V electrical architecture on the new generation vehicle platform, and the batteries that will be produced in Turkey as of the first quarter of 2024 will also be 800V and have a 4C discharge rate. It is stated that vehicles with this battery can reach a charge from 0% to 80% in 8 minutes thanks to 480 kW DC charging support.
It is among the possibilities that Skywell, which is planning an automobile factory investment that will facilitate its expansion outside of China, will also move automobile production to Turkey after the battery facility in cooperation with Ulu Motor.
