August 6th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
Northvolt just raised another $1.6 billion in debt, bringing total debt and equity raised to $3 billion. We recently interview Northvolt CEO Peter Carlsson about Northvolt's history and plans, giving much more insight and depth to what Northvolt's plans are with that $3 billion
July 21st, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
CleanTechnica recently interviewed Peter Carlsson, Chief Executive Officer of Northvolt, the Swedish battery manufacturing startup-slash-giant. In this the third and final part of the interview, we discuss the benefits of Northvolt's low carbon manufacturing approach in the European context, and learn about its product mix and strategic positioning
July 20th, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
CleanTechnica recently interviewed Peter Carlsson, Chief Executive Officer of Northvolt, the Swedish battery manufacturing startup-slash-giant. In part two of the interview, we discussed the growth in the European EV market, Northvolt's plans to scale its manufacturing capacity, its timeline, and its access to low-cost, renewable hydroelectric energy in Sweden
July 18th, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
CleanTechnica recently interviewed Peter Carlsson, Chief Executive Officer of Northvolt, the Swedish battery manufacturing startup-slash-giant. Northvolt plans to use renewable energy to manufacture battery cells and packs for the European market, and already has substantial agreements in place with Volkswagen, BMW, ABB, and others. We sat down virtually with Peter to learn about the company's unique approach, and plans
July 17th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
BMW has committed to buying $2 billion worth of sustainably manufactured batteries from Northvolt, with deliveries expected to begin in
June 24th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
According to a Transport & Environment report, Europe poured €60 billion into EV production and EV battery production in 2019, a whopping 19 times more money than it put into them in
June 2nd, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Electric cars and recycling are made for each other. Northvolt and others are working today on the battery anhd motor recycling systems of tomorrow.
May 25th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
The Volkswagen ID lineup, led by the ID.3, has been getting a good deal of attention outside of EV world and all across the auto industry, including winning several recent design awards
May 23rd, 2020 | by Chanan Bos
This is the 9th edition of CleanTechnica’s fairly new weekly news broadcast. This episode covers Tesla gigafactories in Shanghai, Nevada, and potentially Texas and Oklahoma, as well as Northvolt batteries, a Siemens Gamesa wind turbines, Synbio startup Octant, and much more. Have a look
May 19th, 2020 | by Kyle Field
Up and coming Swedish battery producer Northvolt just launched the Voltpack Mobile System in partnership with energy provider Vattenfall. The modular system was designed from the ground up as a portable replacement for diesel generators providing energy as a service in temporary installations
March 5th, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
It seems like e-Mobility has become the new tech market for all types of investors. Companies like Tesla, Rivian, Byton, Bird, Tier Mobility, Sono Motors, and ChargePoint are the new Facebooks of this era. Besides venture capitalists (VCs), many corporate venture entities of Fortune 500 companies stepped in last year
January 9th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
Volkswagen is launching into what could be a huge electric decade that reinvents and rejuvenates the large global automotive group. Yes, the Volkswagen ID.3 — which is sort of supposed to be the VW Beetle or Golf of this century — has some delays. Reinvention can be tough
January 2nd, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
Electric vehicle (EV) batteries and charging may not be as exciting as robotaxis and other autonomous vehicles, there's been a variety of fun news about these matters that should help to further raise awareness and get people to switch to EVs
October 12th, 2019 | by Paul Jan Jacobs
Companies like Tencent, Baidu, Amazon, Samsung, Google, IKEA, Goldman Sachs, Citi, Renault-Nissan, and many more are investing heavily in the field of electric mobility, according to The Global e-Mobility Funding Report for Q2 2019. It seems like all Forbes 500 companies have awoken and now want to tap into an industry that is projected to have a value of over $500 billion in
June 27th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Chinese battery manufacturer CATL has announced it will increase its investment in a German battery factory to 1.8 billion euros. It says battery demand in Europe will reach 100 MWh by 2030.
June 15th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Volkswagen has invested a 900 million Euro investment in Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt. The two companies will build a new battery factory near VW's Salzgitter factory.
May 15th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Volkswagen is powering ahead with its electric vehicle plans. This week it announced plans to build battery cells in Europe, a deal with Northvolt on truck batteries, and the construction of two new EV factories in China.
March 23rd, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Volkswagen and Northvolt are teaming up to create the European Battery Union which will explore new technology in battery manufacturing and supply chains. It expects to begin operations in 2020.
December 29th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
There's so much cleantech news to cover that we generally have hundreds of stories on our "story sheet" that we're never able to cover. In the coming days, we'll be rolling out a couple of strategies to help deal with our backlog. Yep, this #NewsParty format is one of those
June 5th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
Europeans are in a quandary about whether to build battery factories now or wait for the next generation of solid state batteries to arrive. The decision is not an easy one to make.
