Where the electric cars are manufactured

produced

When the same model is produced in several places in the world - and not always in the same place every year - it is not easy to know. Find out where your electric car is manufactured!

 

Don't forget the batteries!

The batteries form a significant part of the electric car. In value, it can be as much as a third. A German car with Chinese batteries is strictly speaking not quite German. The world's largest suppliers of batteries to the automotive industry are China's CATL and LG Chem from South Korea. LG Chem has established a large production plant in Poland and is building a similar plant in the USA. Besides LG Chem, batteries are produced in the following European battery manufacturers: PowerCo (Volkswagen), Gravy (Stellantis) and Northvolt (Volvo). Car manufacturers rarely state where they get the battery cells from at any given time. Therefore, the information below about which country the batteries originate from may become out of date in a short time.

Sources

The information only applies to cars produced from 2023 to March 2024 and brought into Norway via official import channels (not parallel imports). As sources are the following:
- VIN numbers from cars sold on Finn.no from brand dealers.
- Press releases from car manufacturers.
- The production plants' websites.
- Newspaper reviews and news relating to car production.
- Wikipedia.
- World EVs 10/2021 from Cleanfi Oy.
- Newspaper reviews and news related to batteries.

 

Audi
Batteries - South Korea and Poland (LG Chem)
Q4 e-tron – Zwickau, Germany
Q8 e-tron – Brussels, Belgium
e-tron – Brussels, Belgium
e-tron GT – Heilbronn, Germany

BMW
Batteries - South Korea and China (CATL)
i4 – Munich, Germany
i5 – Dingolfing, Germany
i7 – Dingolfing, Germany
iX – Dingolfing, Germany
iX1 – Regensburg, Germany
iX3 – Graz, Austria

BYD
Batteries - China
Han – Shenzhen, China
T3 – Changsha, China
Tang – Changsha, China

Citroen
Batteries - China (CATL) and Germany (Saft)?
Berlingo - Vigo, Spain
e-C4 – Villaverde, Spain
e-C4 X – Villaverde, Spain
Jumpy – Luton, UK
Spacetourer – Luton, UK

Cupra
Batteries - Poland (LG Chem)
Born – Zwickau, Germany

DS
Batteries - China
3 – Poissy, France
3 Crossback – Poissy, France


 

Fiat
Battery - South Korea
500e – Mirafiori, Turin, Italy

Ford
Batteries - Poland (LG Chem)
Mustang Mach-e – Cuautitlán, Mexico
e-Transit – Otosan, Turkey

Honda
Batteries - China
e – Yorii, Japan
e:Ny1 – Wuhan, China

Hongqi
batteries - China
E-HS9 – Changchun, China

Hyundai
Batteries - South Korea (SK Innovation)
Ioniq5 – Ulsan, South Korea
Ioniq6 – Asan, South Korea
Kona – Nošovice, Czech Republic

JAC
Batteries - China
E-JS4 – Hefei, China

Jaguar
Batteries - South Korea
I-Pace – Graz, Austria

Jeep
Batteries – ?
Avenger – Tychy, Poland

KIA
Batteries - South Korea (SK Innovation)
e-Niro – Hwasung, South Korea
EV6 – Hwasung, South Korea
EV9 – Gwangmyeong, South Korea
Soul – Gwangju, South Korea


 

Lexus
Batteries - China
RZ – Aishi, Japan
UX – Miyawaka,, Japan

Maxus
Batteries - China
Euniq5 – Wuxi, China
T90 – Wuxi, China

Mazda
Batteries - China
MX-30 - Hiroshima, Japan

Mercedes-Benz
Batteries - China (CATL and AESC for eCitan?)
eCitan – Maubeuge, France
EQA – Rastatt, Germany
EQB – Kecskemét, Hungary
EQC – Bremen, Germany
EQE – Bremen, Germany
EQE SUV – Sindelfingen, Germany
EQS – Sindelfingen, Germany
EQS SUV – Sindelfingen, Germany

MG
Batteries - China (CATL)
MG4 – Ningde, China
MG5 – Nanjing, China
ZS – Zhengzhou, China


 

MINI
Batteries - China
Cooper SE – Oxford, UK

NIO
Batteries - China (CATL)
ES8 – Hefei, China
ET5 – Hefei, China
ET7 – Hefei, China

Nissan
Batteries - China (AESC)
Ariya – Kaminokawa, Japan
Leaf – Sunderland, UK
Townstar – Maubeuge, France

Opel
Batteries - Germany (Saft) and China (CATL)
Astra – Rüsselheim, Germany
Corsa - Zaragoza, Spain
Combo - Vigo, Spain
Mocha – Poissy, France
Vivaro – Luton, UK

Peugeot
Batteries - China (CATL) and Germany (Saft)
2008 – Vigo, Spain
208 – Trnava, Slovakia (VIN11* W=Poissy, France)
Rifts - Vigo, Spain
Traveler - Luton, UK
Expert – Luton, UK

Polestar
Batteries - China
2 – Luqiao, China

Porsche
Batteries - South Korea (LG Chem)
Taycan (all variants) – Stuttgart, Germany

Seres
Batteries - China
3 – Chongqing, China
5 – Chongqing, China

Skoda
Batteries - South Korea, Poland (LG Chem)
Enyaq – Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic

Subaru
Batteries - China
Solterra – Aichi, Japan

Tesla
Batteries - China (Model 3 and Y after 2020.09)
Model 3 - Shanghai, China (VIN11* F=Fremont, USA)
Model E – Fremont, USA
Model S – Fremont, USA
Model Y – Berlin, Germany (VIN11* C=Shanghai, China)

Toyota
Batteries - China and Germany (Proace?)
Proace – Luton, UK
Proace City – Vigo, Spain
Proace Verso – Luton, UK
BZ4X – Aichi, Japan

Volkswagen
Batteries - Poland (LG Chem)
Crafter – Września, Poland
ID.Buzz – Hannover, Germany
ID.3 – Zwickau, Germany
ID.4 – Emden, Germany
ID.5 – Zwickau, Germany
ID.7 – Emden, Germany

Volvo
Batteries - China and Finland (Northvolt)
EX30 – Zhangjiakou, China
C40 – Ghent, Belgium
XC40 – Luqiao, China (VIN11* 2=Gent, Belgium)

Voyah
Batteries - China
Free – Wuhan, China

XPeng
Batteries - CALB, China
G3i – Zhengzhou, China
G9 – Guangzhou, China
P7 – Zhaoqing, China


 
*) VIN11 is the 11th position on the car's VIN (Vehicle Identification Number). If you can't find the number on the car, you can look up on vegvesen.no
 

Surprises?

terjes cars
 
We get the Tesla Model Y from Tesla's new factory in Berlin, while the Model 3 is still shipped from China. The new Volvo EX30 is produced in China and production of the XC40 has been moved from Europe to China.

 

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Where is your car manufactured?

Terje Bjørnstad. Blog administrator, hobby photographer and car enthusiast.

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