John Deere, which acquired majority ownership of Kreisel Electric in 2022, has selected Kernersville, North Carolina, as the location for an 115,000-square-foot battery manufacturing facility.
Kreisel supplies the high-power, high-energy density batteries for e-boat builders X Shore, among others, and for the hydrofoiling RaceBirds used in the E1 Series of electric boat races.
This is the first Kreisel facility outside the company’s headquarters in Austria and will enable a production capacity of up to 2 GWh. The batteries will be used for both water and land e-mobility products (including John Deere agricultural and industrial applications) as well as for stationary battery facilities. The company will develop and manufacture both Kreisel battery and CHIMERO charger technology in North Carolina. Ground will be broken for the new facility this fall and production is estimated to begin in 2025.
“Our customers are facing challenges that require their businesses to be more dynamic than ever before. We are engineering the technological innovations they’ll rely on to do so,” said Jennifer Preston, CEO of Kreisel and Global Director of John Deere Electric Powertrain. “This investment is a great step forward as we work toward our goal of demonstrating viable low- and near-zero-carbon power solutions by 2026.” kreiselelectric.com
