Swedish Battery Developer Northvolt Creates its 1st Li-ion Cell

• Noting a brand-new phase in European industrial background, the cell is the very first to have been completely designed, established and also put together at a gigafactory by an organic European battery company, claimed Northvolt.
• Commissioning and upscaling of the factory will certainly proceed with right into 2022, when the very first industrial customer shipments will certainly be made.

Northvolt, a Swedish battery developer and also producer that specializes in lithium-ion modern technology for electric cars, just recently commissioned its Northvolt Ett gigafactory in northern Sweden, bring about the assembly of its first li-ion battery cell.

Marking a brand-new phase in European commercial background, the cell is the initial to have been totally made, established and also assembled at a gigafactory by a native European battery company, said Northvolt.

The business has been pursuing its target of producing the initial cell of Northvolt Ett given that the gigafactory was announced in 2017. The cell is of a prismatic cell format and came off the cell production line on the 28th of December. Commissioning and also upscaling of the manufacturing facility will proceed via right into 2022, when the initial business client distributions will certainly be made.

Peter Carlsson, Chief Executive Officer and also Founder of Northvolt, said, "Today is a great turning point for Northvolt which the team has actually functioned very hard to attain. Naturally, this first cell is just the start. Throughout the coming years, we eagerly anticipate Northvolt Ett expanding its production ability significantly to allow the European shift to tidy power."

The battery cell was established at Northvolt Labs, Northvolt's automation factory in Västerås, Sweden, which has been in production considering that early 2020. According to the company's plan, In the coming years, production capability at Northvolt Ett will enhance towards 60 GWh each year to accomplish over $30 billion worth of contracts Northvolt has actually safeguarded from essential consumers, including BMW, Fluence, Scania, Volkswagen, Volvo Cars as well as Polestar.

To these cus'l; k., tomers in the automobile, industrial as well as power storage space industries, Northvolt Ett will supply cells of differing styles with business shipments beginning in 2022, the company has actually said, including, currently, Northvolt Ett in Skellefteå utilizes over 500 people, representing 56 races.

Our mission is to build the greenest battery on the planet with a very little carbon impact as well as the highest ambitions for recycling to enable the European transition to renewable energy, the company declares.