Status
Cancelled: ACC dropped the Kaiserslautern and Termoli projects in February 2026
ACC battery cell plant in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Products: cells. Anchor customer: Mercedes / Stellantis.
Plant record
Plant record
| Owner or operator | ACC |
| Plant | Kaiserslautern Gigafactory |
| Location | Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| Region | Europe |
| Owner home country | France |
| Products | cells |
| Cell format | pouch |
| Cell chemistry | NMC |
| Capacity (GWh per year) | 40 |
| Capacity basis | legacy figure, not re-verified |
| Status | cancelled |
| Status checked 2025-2026 | yes |
| Opened or target year | 2027 |
| Investment | $4.0 billion |
| Anchor customer | Mercedes / Stellantis |
| Strategic tier (1 highest) | 1 |
| China supply exposure | low |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
Official site: acc-emotion.com
In context
Where it fits
Listed in Battery Cell Gigafactories. Owner profile: ACC.
| Plant | Location | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douvrin Gigafactory (ACC) | Douvrin, Hauts-de-France, France | battery cell plant | ramping |
| Termoli gigafactory (ACC) | Termoli, Molise, Italy | battery cell plant | cancelled |
| Plant | Location | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erfurt Gigafactory (CATL) | Arnstadt, Thuringia, Germany | battery cell plant | operational |
| Salzgitter Gigafactory (PowerCo (Volkswagen)) | Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, Germany | battery cell plant | ramping |
| Gottingen Gigafactory (Gotion High-Tech) | Gottingen, Lower Saxony, Germany | battery cell plant | under construction |
| Heide Gigafactory (Northvolt) | Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany | battery cell plant | paused |
| Saarland Gigafactory (SVOLT) | Uberherrn, Saarland, Germany | battery cell plant | cancelled |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Kaiserslautern Gigafactory (ACC)
- Sources
- ElectronsX gigafactory dataset; company releases and trade press
- Updated
- 2026-10