BorgWarner President and CEO, Frédéric Lissalde, and other members of the BorgWarner leadership team attended the Opening of AKASOL'S Gigafactory 1, largest factory for commercial-vehicle battery systems, located in Darmstadt, Germany. The opening held on August 16, 2021. The Gigafactory 1 campus boasts a two-level production, assembly and logistics hall with a test and validation center for the testing of cells, modules and systems. A 600 kWp solar plant feeds the production facility and offices as well as the German state of Hesse's largest charging-station park for electric vehicles, featuring more than 60 charging stations.