Porsche has scrapped its planned in-house high-performance battery production via its Cellforce unit, citing weak global EV demand and challenging market conditions in China and the U.S. This decision will cost approximately 200 of Cellforce’s nearly 300 jobs. Instead, Porsche will repurpose Cellforce as an independent research and development hub. CEO Oliver Blume highlighted insufficient volume and a lack of scale economies as key deterrents to moving ahead with production expansion

Some affected employees may transition to Volkswagen’s PowerCo battery division, with Cellforce’s battery expertise continuing to support V4Smart—Porsche’s recently acquired battery venture from Varta. The move underscores persistent setbacks for efforts in Europe to establish self-sufficient battery supply chains following setbacks like Northvolt’s collapse