China’s Gotion High-Tech Breaks Ground on Africa’s First EV Battery Gigafactory in Morocco

This giant battery factory for electric vehicles will be built in the Atlantic Free Zone of Kénitra. Earthworks have begun on an area of 156 hectares. With a total cost of 65 billion dirhams, the project should be completed by 2026. It is, according to Challenge, the largest industrial project in Morocco after the Renault plant in Tangier. With this project, the kingdom intends to establish itself as a leader in renewable energies and green mobility in Africa and the Middle East.

The Kénitra free zone was chosen to host this Gigafactory, instead of Bouknadel (near Rabat), for a strategic reason: to get closer to