Poland's battery factories for electric cars are known around the world. Recognition is ensured by their size and the efficiency they achieve. From the factories near Wrocław, in Gdańsk, Pruszków or Gliwice, electric batteries are coming out, which satisfy around 30% of the demand on our continent. We present the key players in the Polish electromobility market.
How many car battery factories are there in Poland?
Electromobility is a trend we can see developing both in Poland and around the world. Although our country's streets are still largely run by internal combustion cars, the local zero-emission automotive industry is growing steadily. One of the main arguments for this phenomenon is Poland's dominance of the European lithium-ion battery production market. Last year's report by the Brussels-based NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) indicates that the Polish scale of automotive power supply manufacturing accounts for almost a third of battery demand across Europe! In terms of lithium-ion battery production, we are even ahead of factories in Germany or France.
Our country's leading position is due to the many foreign investments. Thanks to appropriate promotion, as well as good conditions for manufacturing, Poland has attracted several key investors in the electromobility sector. Among others, the Korean electric car battery factory LG Energy Solution or the Swedish lithium-ion components manufacturer Northvolt are developing on our market. Other players among the car battery factories in Poland are German Mercedes-Benz and BMZ, whose production mainly focuses on batteries for buses.
The next battery factory for electric cars in Poland belongs to Impact Clean Power Technology. This is our home-grown brand, which has been producing lithium-ion batteries for heavy-duty vehicles for more than a dozen years. According to Impact's CEO, the company covers around 21% of European demand in the electromobile market from the heavy duty segment. 
Battery factories for electric cars - where are they in Poland?
The location of battery factories in Poland has several reasons. The decision to invest in the Vistula metropolises is due, among other things, to their proximity to automotive plants, which need components in the form of lithium-ion batteries. The second factor determining the location of battery factories for electric cars in Poland is the price of electricity, which is relatively low for foreign investors.
All these aspects influence the local development of the real technology giants we mentioned earlier. Poland's leading position is particularly cared for by the LG factory. Batteries for electric cars from this Korean company are manufactured in Kobierzyce, which is located near Wrocław. The factory there is the largest battery production line in the whole of Europe. The manufacturing capacity of the Kobierzyce-based technology giant reaches up to 70,000 GWh. The manufacturer continues to develop and strives to intensify its manufacturing operations as much as possible.
Other production centres are scattered across Poland. Northvolt's battery factory for electric cars is located in Gdansk. Mercedes has set up its production centre in Jawor, in Lower Silesia. Upper Silesia also has its investors. A BMZ plant is located in Gliwice. Impact Clean Power Technology has set up its electric car battery factory in central Poland. The native brand's production centre is located in Pruszków. 
How long does it take to manufacture batteries for electric cars in factories?
The production of electric batteries is a process that involves several steps. The first step, which takes place even before the activities in the technology centre, is the extraction of suitable raw materials. Lithium, nickel, cobalt and metals such as copper or aluminium are needed to make electric batteries.
Mining and transporting raw materials is one thing, but the production of batteries for electric cars itself is another matter. The creation of lithium-ion batteries is a complex process in which modern machinery plays a large part. Automating the operation is certainly more efficient than human hands alone, but it still requires precision and a fair amount of time.
Appropriate, i.e. how much? This is a question that depends on the processing power of the organisation in question. For example, the largest battery factory (LG Energy Solution) is expected to have a battery production capacity of 100 GWh per year, following a recent increase in personnel and technological resources. This means that around one million lithium-ion batteries for electric cars would come out of the Kobierzyce production line annually - the automotive giant of the European market would be able to produce more than 83,000 batteries per month, or nearly 3,000 per day.
