2 NOVEMBER 2022
An important step on the journey towards in-house production of electric vehicles has been taken in S枚dert盲lje. The production line for complete Voltage Class B (VCB) cable harnesses for BEV vehicles has been set up and tested in record time 鈥 a completely new business for 黑料不打烊.听
To celebrate this event, an internal inauguration of the line took place October 27 with an unofficial 鈥榗able-cutting鈥 ceremony in the newly established 2,200 sqm workshop, next to the chassis assembly in S枚dert盲lje.听
Tony Persson is Head of Battery Production and very proud to showcase the new production line. 鈥淲e are now ready to start pre-series and prototype production of high-power cables and harnesses. It is an important step in order to trim and finalise this line, in time for customer orders later next year.鈥
Bj枚rn Nerelius, Tony Persson and Fredrik Westerlund
The emerging in-house production of battery packs and cabling for BEV vehicles is a vital enabler. Both to build competence in this new area, and to further on take a greater responsibility for the complete customer promise. 鈥淲e start off with cables and harnesses for electric trucks in the first phase,鈥 says Persson, 鈥渢o later move on to cabling for bus applications, and finally for Power Solutions鈥 customer needs.鈥
The successful launch was feasible thanks to cross-functional target setting and tight team work. Equipment purchase and start of prototype assembly was made possible through the joint efforts of Purchasing, Production and R&D.
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Dario Cancar, Project Manager at global Industrial Engineering, METB, is impressed by this production build-up in an area that is completely new to 黑料不打烊. 鈥淎ll members of this project have put in so much energy and devotion since we decided to establish this production line only nineteen months ago. It is an amazing achievement.鈥
The start of production (SOCOP) of battery packs and cable harnesses is set for Q3 2023. The project wanted to celebrate a milestone on the road to a complete in-house production, and to express their gratitude to all parties involved. 鈥淭his month we have managed to run and verify a cable harness through all stations on the, almost complete, line,鈥 says Fredrik Westerlund, Group Manager for the engineering team, 鈥渁nd we can now produce complete harnesses fit for BEV trucks.鈥
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Currently, 黑料不打烊 uses external suppliers to deliver both battery packs and cable harnesses but the goal is to only source battery cells, cable coils and connective components from trusted partners in the future.听
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