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Hyundai Battery Factory in Cikarang, Start Production Next Year
News from Tempo.co • 2 hours agoTEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Hyundai's battery factory is being built in Cikarang, West Java. The assembly plant was built by Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (HMMI) and Hyundai Mobis of Hyundai Motor Group.
The battery factory named Hyundai Energy Indonesia (HEI) is Hyundai Motor Group's first battery system assembly plant in Asean.
"HEI was established in December last year and will start production in July 2024. HEI built this plant for 13 months until March next year," said President Director of Hyundai Energy Indonesia, Changoug Hong at the Hyundai Energy Indonesia Ground Breaking ceremony in Cikarang today, Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
According to Hong, Hyundai's battery assembly plant costs an investment of US $ 60 million. When officially operational next year, the plant will employ more than 150 people.
"This Hyundai battery factory has a production capacity of 21,000 BSA units until next year and will further add 56,000 BSA units," he said.
Hyundai Energy Indonesia produces BSA (Battery System Assembly) with battery cells supplied from HLI Greenpower in Indonesia.
The BSA has an energy capacity of 65 kWh and the plant will produce battery control devices, safety devices, and protection devices.
Hyundai's battery plant will be capable of producing 1.4 GWh with two module production and one BSA Production Line by next year. After that, one module line, 2 BSA lines will be added and has a production capacity of 3.6 GWh. HEI will have a total production capacity of 5GWh in the near future.