Initially, the company will construct a 16 GWh factory plus a joint venture fab with Volkswagen in Germany, which will also have a throughput of 16 GWh. Both factories could be extended to tap further into the large market for battery cells in Europe.With memories still fresh of the manner in which Europe cast away its first mover advantage in PV manufacturing through lack of an industrial policy, the EU is determined to avoid a repetition when it comes to batteries. Northvolt, the company founded by Swedish entrepreneur Peter Carlsson to establish a lithium-ion battery cell gigafactory factory ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...
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