- Swedish start-up Northvolt Wednesday (12 June) announced it had secured funding.
- In 2017 Northvolt announced plans for battery factory “Northvolt Ett”, to employ between 2000 to 2500 people and be located in Skelleftea, a coastal town in Sweden’s industrial north-east.
- In May, Volkswagen already announced it would spend close to €1 billion building a factory for battery cells in Salzgitter.