Powering Gigafactories: Siemens & Accenture’s role in cell manufacturing

The story of battery manufacturing is one of scale. Researchers, manufacturers, and OEMs are working to make batteries lighter, make them in higher numbers, and make them across a wider region. Even the name of these factories alludes to the scale of operation and not just the production capacity of gigawatts. But the process of gaining scale from a laboratory breakthrough to a manufacturing juggernaut is the most important story of scale in the industry.

For this episode of the battery podcast, Marc Deyda of Siemens Digital Industries talks with Philipp Wunderlich of Accenture about how companies are staying competitive as they develop more sustainable battery production processes and methodologies.

What you’ll learn:

• [2:25] The challenges of setting up gigafactories

• [5:20] The role of strong partnerships

• [8:52] Enabling sustainable battery manufacturing