The PSA also wants to install the battery modules

BRATISLAVA. The French car manufacturer PSA plans to start installing battery modules at its plant in Slovakia, where it manufactures passenger cars.

The company stated this in a document submitted to the Slovak authorities for its evaluation.

The purpose of producing battery units is to process from 600,000 to one million units per year in an existing meeting room.

The car manufacturer plans to use them in his Slovak factory and supply

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The project will create 60 new jobs. PSA in Slovakia employs around 4,500 workers

The PSA produced 335,000 vehicles last year, a record since the start of production in 2006. The Citroën C3 and Peugeot 208 models are currently mounted from the assembly line

approved incentives for the company to invest more than 165 million euros in the production of a new model in Slovakia

The automotive industry is the mainstay of l & # 39; Slovak economy, the country being the world's largest car manufacturer

for Kia Motors and Volkswagen. The factory cooperates with a number of Slovak component manufacturers. New Jaguar Land Rover builds a new race in the country under Tatra