Electric batteries: Northvolt launches production on its first ‘mega-factory’ built in Sweden

Northvolt northvolt.com

Swedish electric battery group Northvolt announced on Wednesday that it has started production in its “giga-plant” in Sweden, the first of its kind launched by a European group on the Old Continent, according to Le Figaro.

Intended to compete with Tesla and Asian manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries for the automotive industry, the plant located in Skellefteå in northern Sweden assembled its first electric battery cell “last night”, Northvolt said in a statement.

When it reaches full capacity, the plant will produce batteries to equip one million electric cars each year, with an annual production capacity of 60 gigawatt-hours (GWh). “Marking a new chapter in European industrial history, the cell is the first to be entirely designed, developed and assembled by a battery company in Europe,” says Northvolt.

Analize Economedia

criza de ouă din SUA
2265634-800x534
retea electrica - Transelectrica
digitalizare, calculator, cod, programare
statele unite, sua, washington, china, beijing, putere, geopolitica, razboi economic comercial, sanctiuni economice
antreprenoare, femeie, business, tech
tineri joburi IUF- The International University Fair
parc nufarul
economie razboi bani
romania germania
concedieri dreamstime
industrie forta de munca somaj industrial uzina fabrica manufactura muncitor muncitor necalificat
blindate, armata, militar
Bugetul familiei, bani
dambovita arena aci
afacere semnare contract pexels
șantier aeroport craiova
costuri, cladiri, birouri, angajati
software, calculator, IT
CV locuri de munca job
MixCollage-21-Dec-2024-07-15-PM-1798
economie 2024
grafic crestere dreamstime
tranzactii calcula fuziuni
locuinta constructii bricolaj
salariu, bani, lei
turcia, ankara, steag, flag, drapel, istanbul, alegeri
bani, lei, bancnote, cash, numerar
bursa, indice bursier, investitii, scadere, grafic
bursa, indice bursier, investitii, scadere, grafic

Urmărește mai jos producțiile video ale Economedia:

- articolul continuă mai jos -

Tesla is set to launch its first battery plant in Europe and Asian groups have major plants in Poland and Hungary, but no European group has so far operated a factory of this size. Northvolt, one of Europe’s great battery hopefuls, has won $30bn worth of orders from European auto giants such as BMW and Volkswagen, as well as Volvo, with which it plans a second huge plant in Europe.

The former start-up’s “Northvolt Ett” plant already employs 500 people and will grow to 3000 at full capacity. The Swedish company was founded in 2016 by Swede Peter Carlsson and Italian Paolo Cerruti, two former Tesla employees.

Shareholders include Volkswagen, Goldman Sachs, BMW, Nordic funds and Spotify founder, Swedish billionaire Daniel Ek. In addition to European funding, Northvolt has also benefited from European money, as the EU tries to catch up on the backlog. Europe only accounted for 3% of the world’s battery production in 2020, ahead of China, which dominates the market, but aims to reach 25% by the end of the decade.