# Taiyuan NEV Lightweight Parts Base expands in Zhangjiagang

The Taiyuan New Energy Vehicle Lightweight Parts Base in Zhangjiagang Hi-Tech Development Zone, with a total investment of 1.5 billion yuan, is undergoing a second phase of construction expected to be completed by June 2025, and aims to become a lighthouse factory by 2026.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2024-03-18
- Where: Zhangjiagang Hi-Tech Development Zone, Jiangsu, China
- Value: $208.4M (1.50B CNY)
- Jobs: 600
- Starts operating: Jun 2025
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 30 million lightweight parts and 5 million battery packs annually
- Products: new energy vehicle lightweight parts, battery packs
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Taiyuan](https://endata.com/companies/76278.md)

## Sources

- [jiangsu.chinadaily.com.cn](https://jiangsu.chinadaily.com.cn/zhangjiagang/2024-03/18/c_971991.htm), 2024-03-18: "By 2026, the rate of automation will reach 100 percent and the base will become a 'lighthouse factory'."
- [regional.chinadaily.com.cn](https://regional.chinadaily.com.cn/jiangsu/zhangjiagang/2024-03/18/c_971991.htm), 2024-03-18: "By 2026, the rate of automation will reach 100 percent and the base will become a 'lighthouse factory'."

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