Northvolt

Business model

Manufacture lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles at gigafactory scale, positioned as Europe's answer to Asian battery dominance.

In brief

Europe's most prominent hope for battery manufacturing independence from Asia, founded by a former Tesla executive and backed by nearly every major European carmaker and top-tier global investors. Repeated production delays and cost overruns caused BMW to cancel a major order whe…

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