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October 07, 2021 06:25 AM

Northvolt plots EV battery expansion with $750M Swedish lab plan

Supplier said it would set up R&D campus covering the 'entire battery ecosystem'

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    Northvolt plans to start production this year at its factory in Sweden's Skelleftea, pictured.

    STOCKHOLM -- Northvolt plans to invest $750 million expanding its laboratory facility in Sweden to meet soaring demand for lithium ion batteries as automakers go electric, the company said in a statement.

    As it aims to take on major Asian players such as CATL and LG Chem, Northvolt said it would set up the "first R&D campus covering the entire battery ecosystem."

    Northvolt, which plans to start production this year at its factory in Sweden's Skelleftea, plans to build a new office in Vasteras, increase headcount there to at least 1,000 from 400, and create a center for customers to experiment with battery technologies and electrification.

    China is currently home to some 80 percent of lithium ion cell production, but with demand soaring, capacity in Europe is set to expand quickly and Northvolt is targeting a 25 percent market share in Europe by 2030.
    "The development in Vasteras is the funnel right now that will enable us to do that land grab," Northvolt CEO Peter Carlsson told Reuters, adding that this would require it to hire around 5,000 engineers within five years.

    "I have some slide presentation on the very early concepts ... we had not chosen Vasteras then but we had a first budget of 80 million dollars," Carlsson said in an interview.

    European automakers are looking to use batteries from Northvolt for their electric vehicles to rival those from Tesla, which is building its own factory in Germany.

    Backed by Volkswagen Group, Scania, the European Commission and Spotify founder Daniel Ek, Northvolt has raised funding of more than $6.5 billion, with nearly $20 billion in orders from the biggest automakers.

    A source said in June that its latest fundraising had valued Northvolt at $11.75 billion. EV and related sectors have been a big draw for investors, who have driven up the valuations of pioneers such as Tesla and Lucid Motors.

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