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The German carmaking giant is turning to the Swedish startup Northvolt for all its battery requirements. Volkswagen’s choice of Northvolt as a supplier was revealed in the German business and trade newspaper, Handelsblatt. Volkswagen will apparently expand its cooperation with Northvolt in the field of battery research, which it concluded in March, in order to

Last week, two consecutive events have demonstrated that the decision of Vice-President Šefčovič to launch the European Battery Alliance was a visionary idea. On April 30, seven Member States confirmed their deep interest in mobilising funds to support the rapid expansion of their battery value chain, with concrete projects coming soon to reality. In front

European Commission Vice President in charge of Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič hosted the third political meeting under the European Battery Alliance in Brussels earlier this week. The meeting brought together the Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and some Member States with the objective to further engage them in cross-border large-scale integrated battery manufacturing projects. The

Northvolt has received a second environmental permit from the Land and Environment Court in Umeå, Sweden, which marks an important step towards the European battery cell production. The permit is an extension of the one granted in June 2018 to allow increased operational capacity from 8 GWh to 16 GWh at the large-scale battery manufacturing

Polish Ministry of Enterprise and Technology announced that the battery value chain related projects may receive financial support under the IPCEI mechanism. The Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) mechanism is one of the most important financial instruments by which the European Commission supports the European Battery Alliance. The interested enterprises may submit their

Sono Motors announces that the first series production of its solar electric vehicle (SEV) Sion will be manufactured at former SAAB plant in Sweden. Today’s release draws the attention to the following: Former manufacturing plant for fossil cars to produce electric vehicles only, Chinese investments for production in Europe, A new start-up company in the

The European Commission published the Fourth Report on the State of the Energy Union. Building on results achieved since the start of the Junker Commission, the report sets out legal rules, as well as political commitments and targets for a cleaner and greener world. With batteries being essential in the context of a decarbonised economy,

Last week, Germany and Sweden renewed their partnership for innovation and cooperation for a sustainable future and added batteries as one of the key areas to cooperate on. This illustrates: the strategic importance given by governments to the battery field, the value of cooperation as a key success factor, the significance of the European Battery

FREYR AS, a Norwegian Incorporated Company announces its intention to build a 32 GWh battery facility in Mo I Rana, Norway combined with the development of up to a 600 MW onshore wind-park at Sjonfjellet in Rana and Nesna municipalities. European demand for battery cells will exceed 300 GWh by 2025, driven by accelerating electrification