Last year, that amounted to around 100 defects among up to ten-year-old cars in which a control unit, or in the worst case, a battery cell failed to function. The technicians take care of the cases that dealers from all over Europe cannot handle. All the employees are professionals in electricity and trained to high-voltage level 5 standard. Opel Automobile GmbH, Rüsselsheim, Germany, has significantly expanded and modernised the “ Battery Refurbishment Center” in Rüsselsheim. We now put our competence at the disposal of the whole company and provide fast support.” “A failure is very rare, but if it happens, investigating the cause and making repairs are jobs for specialists. “Over the years we have gained a lot of experience with lithium-ion batteries”, says Opel’s Managing Director Engineering, Marcus Lott. By the end of this year, Opel will be on the road with nine electric models and will offer an electrified version in each series by 2024. The center now checks and, if necessary, repairs the batteries of all company vehicles on the eCMP platform (currently Opel Corsa-e, Mokka-e) and the Combo-e, Vivaro-e and Zafira-e Life. The facility set up ten years ago for the Ampera has been brought right up to date. Alongside the e-vehicles, Opel has established a service for the maintenance of high voltage batteries. The first was the Opel Ampera in 2011, followed by the Ampera-e and the current models, from Corsa-e to Zafira-e Life. Opel customers have had the choice of driving electrically or combustion engine powered cars for ten years.

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