Ergué-Gabéric / Bolloré
L. M. P. batteries and supercapacitors were developed at the research centre of the Bolloré Group’s production site at Ergué-Gabéric near Quimper in Brittany, France. They were the outcome of a concerted research effort founded on the Group’s core activities, Bolloré being the world’s leading producer of ultra-thin extruded films used in the production of capacitors, another energy storage component. The success of its research programme led the Bolloré Group to form BatScap, subsidiary dedicated to these activities, some 15 years ago. Nowadays, BatScap’s employees, among whom are more than 150 engineers, research staff and technicians, have access to the most advanced laboratory and production facilities.
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Montréal / Bolloré
In 2007, the Bolloré Group bought Avestor, the only other company in the world which possessed the technology and the patents required to manufacture L. M. P. batteries, from HydroQuébec and Adanarko. Avestor’s Canadian team, which comprises some sixty highly qualified staff, was thus integrated into BatScap. Thanks to the pooled talent, technologies and facilities of both sites, the Bolloré Group wields major, highly sophisticated production facilities that are ample to cater to the production lines of the BLUECAR and electric Microbus vehicles.
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Cambiano / Pininfarina
World-renowned for the talent of its design teams which have created many of the world’s most beautiful cars over the years, Pininfarina is also a highly experienced carmaker which produces high-end vehicles on contract for many manufacturers. The BLUECAR electric car will be produced by the Pininfarina-Bolloré joint venture at a plant located near Turin. The joint venture will benefit from the tremendous know-how and experience of Pininfarina’s personnel, who are proud to be involved in producing the world’s first serial production electric car powered by L. M. P. batteries and supercapacitors under the Pininfarina badge.
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