Northvolt

Swedish EV battery maker Northvolt has sold its industrial battery pack division to long-term partner Scania. Indeed, Scania has been cooperating with Northvolt for quite a long time, with Scania people recently helping out Northvolt by spending time at the Swedish production plant.

Northvolt announced that about 1,600 jobs will be cut in Sweden alone, split across Skellefteå (1,000 positions), Västerås (400 positions) and Stockholm (200 positions). All redundancies are subject to ongoing union negotiations, as officially announced. "The decisions are necessary to adjust for cu...

Northvolt has announced initial outcomes from its strategic review, due to the current challenging macroeconomic environment in the EV business. In other words, the company is about to re-focus its strategy, also looking for possible new partnerships.

In addition to the expansion of Northvolt Ett’s cathode production and cell manufacturing, the finance package will enable the expansion of the adjacent recycling plant, Revolt Ett, which is approaching the conclusion of its commissioning and is processing its first materials.

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