Sweden's Northvolt Builds First Lithium-Ion Battery Cell In Europe (teslarati.com) 21
Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt announced that on December 28th, it successfully produced the first lithium-ion battery cell to be designed, developed, and built completely in Europe by a homegrown company. Teslarati reports: "Last night, the commissioning of the Northvolt Ett gigafactory in northern Sweden led to the assembly of the first battery cell," Northvolt wrote. The company's factory, located in Vasteras, Sweden, is the first factory in Europe to have a cell that has been "fully designed, developed and assembled at a gigafactory by a homegrown European battery company," the company added. The production of the cell is a massive milestone for Northvolt, which has been working to get its gigafactory up and running since 2017. The company said the cell is of a prismatic cell format, which consist of large sheets of anodes, cathodes, and separators sandwiched, rolled up, and pressed to fit into a metallic or hard-plastic housing in cubic form, according to AllAboutCircuits.
Northvolt Labs in Vasteras has been in production since early 2020, the company said. Northvolt plans to expand the production capacity of the facility toward 60 GWh per year, which will fulfill over $30 billion worth of contracts the battery maker has already locked up with various automotive manufacturers, including BMW, Volkswagen, Volvo, Polestar, Fluence, and Scania. Northvolt Ett will commercially deliver various cell types in 2022. While the company is based in Europe and has various partnerships with European automotive and energy storage companies, it has no plans to only service entities that are only located on the same continent.
Northvolt Labs in Vasteras has been in production since early 2020, the company said. Northvolt plans to expand the production capacity of the facility toward 60 GWh per year, which will fulfill over $30 billion worth of contracts the battery maker has already locked up with various automotive manufacturers, including BMW, Volkswagen, Volvo, Polestar, Fluence, and Scania. Northvolt Ett will commercially deliver various cell types in 2022. While the company is based in Europe and has various partnerships with European automotive and energy storage companies, it has no plans to only service entities that are only located on the same continent.
Mind the names in original language, please (Score:2, Insightful)
If there is not an English translation of the name do respect the original name.
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Yep, and the pronunciation is surprisingly similar to Westeros... lovely place, spent there a total of one month in 2018-2019.
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They are only socialist if you are fascist.
Down here in the real world, these countries have found that an economy works much better if the citizens do not have to worry about the future all the time and can actually concentrate on doing a good job when working.
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Fascism does not exclude socialism which the brown shirts have proven back in the day.
Beyond that I agree with you. Capitalism still makes people plenty rich over here despite workers not being completely replacable cogs in a murder machine.
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Fascism does not exclude socialism
Correct
which the brown shirts have proven back in the day.
Wrong, as there was nothing social(ism) about them, except having it in the name of the party.
timing (Score:3)
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Well at least Europe did something. They won another participation trophy. Go Europe!
Seriously (Score:2)
So the people involved in this knew nothing of how to make lithium batteries from anywhere else? I find it hard to believe. Everything is global nowadays.
Teslarati comment section has already killed it (Score:2)
Seriously if you actually care just go RTFA (yes, I mean it) and then keep scrolling down and you'll see a perfectly enjoyable comment thread
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Seriously if you actually care just go RTFA (yes, I mean it) and then keep scrolling down and you'll see a perfectly enjoyable comment thread
Not really. Almost as immature as some people here.
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Well, my point was it should feel just like home. Lots of dumb shit comments with a few highly explanatory nuggets mixed in...
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That is an accurate characterization.
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The one where people (most probably white males) are jumping on the idea that the company has a diverse workforce and therefore is destined to fail?
Nah, I see enough butthurt anti-SJW type idiots here on Slashdot, no need to go looking for even more elsewhere.
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The funny thing is international teams, especially in a research setting, are nothing new and absolutely not related to SJW culture. :D
I don’t understand (Score:2)
How can it be a “gigafactory” if it just produced its first battery?
Re: I don’t understand (Score:2)
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Same way Tesla's gigafractory was called gigafactory before they even drove the first pile down into the foundation.
Nortvolt Ett is not in VÃsterÃ¥s (Score:3)