byd will build eight fullyautomated lion battery production lines in the new factory to make power cells new delhi chinese automobile maker byd recently broke ground on its new giga factory to produce batteries for electric vehicles ev that will support countrys future ev expansion planlocated in southwest chinas chongqing municipality the company is investing about 10 billion yuan 149 billion usd in the new factory which will have an annual output capacity of 20 gigawatt hours gwh as reported by chinese news agency xinhua it added that the facility will become a major battery production base for new energy vehicles in the country advt outlining the byds plan the report further added that the firststage construction is scheduled to be completed and put into operation within one year furthermore chinese automaker will build eight fullyautomated lithiumion battery production lines in the new factory to make power cells modules and packs as well as develop supporting industriesprior to this the company opened battery factory in the month of june 2018 located in the western province of qinghai expected to have an output of over 24 gwhthe company has already made a remarkable start in the direction of electrification by selling 28005 units of new energy vehicles nevs in the maiden month of 2019 compared to 7151 units in january 2018 etauto published on feb 26 2019 at 1231 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app ev battery plant china production electric vehicle byd auto homenewsauto componentsbyd breaks ground on 20 gwh ev battery plant