Northvolt
Sign in to saveNorthvolt AB was a Swedish battery developer and manufacturer, interested in lithium-ion technology for electric vehicles. Founded in 2015 by two former Tesla executives, it commissioned its first manufacturing plant in Skellefteå Municipality, Sweden in 2021 and announced plans for five others in Europe and North America. The company filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States on November 21, 2024. It subsequently filed for bankruptcy in Sweden on March 12, 2025. It is the largest bankruptcy in modern Swedish industrial history.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Northvolt AB
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- Company.type
- Aktiebolag
- Company.fate
- Bankrupt
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- Company.founded
- (as SGF Energy)
- Company.defunct
- March 12, 2025
- Company.hq_location_city
- Stockholm
- Company.hq_location_country
- Sweden
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via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 2016
- Location
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.502665.2
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- northvolt.com
- Image
- Northvolt Ett januari 2023.png
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- inception
- 2015-00-00
- Commons category
- Northvolt
Sources (9)
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- History
- 2015: founding
- 2019: construction on the site in Skellefteå Municipality starts
- 2024: trouble
- 2025: bankruptcy
- Former assets
- Research and Development
- Northvolt Ett
- Northvolt Dwa
- Northvolt Drei
- Northvolt/Volvo Cars Joint Venture "Novo Energy"
- Northvolt Fem
- Northvolt Six
- Northvolt Cuberg
- References
- External links
Northvolt AB was a Swedish battery developer and manufacturer, interested in lithium-ion technology for electric vehicles. Founded in 2015 by two former Tesla executives, it commissioned its first manufacturing plant in Skellefteå Municipality, Sweden in 2021 and announced plans for five others in Europe and North America. The company filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States on November 21, 2024. It subsequently filed for bankruptcy in Sweden on March 12, 2025. It is the largest bankruptcy in modern Swedish industrial history.
== History ==