US EditionNorthvolt Declares Bankruptcy, Ending Europe's EV Battery Ambitions
- Northvolt, a battery cell maker for electric vehicles, has filed for bankruptcy in Sweden, marking a significant setback for European EV battery development.
- The company's debt exceeded $8 billion as of January 2025.
- This bankruptcy is among the largest in Swedish corporate history, following the fall of Saab Automobile.
- Porsche has started looking for alternative suppliers after Northvolt's bankruptcy announcement.
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When Northvolt filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday morning, the dream of a European battery factory was effectively extinguished. What remains is a municipality that bet everything. Danish pension funds are also losing money.
Government ‘working hard’ to find buyer for Quebec EV battery gigafactory after Northvolt runs out of road
Canada’s federal government has started an urgent search to find a buyer for Northvolt’s giant battery factory in Quebec, after its Swedish parent company on Wednesday filed for bankruptcy.
The car battery industry is struggling with the location in Europe. Now Northvolt's insolvency application provides for negative headlines. Previously, S-Volt stopped its major targets in Saarland. The triggers and consequences for the location.
Northvolt, Robert Habeck's hope for a European battery production for e-cars, has now filed for bankruptcy in Sweden. The future of the planned factory in Schleswig-Holstein is now uncertain – the next green failure, and again mass taxpayers' money was sunk. The company had received 600 million euros from the state-owned KfW bank, which has now been recovered from the federal government and the state of Schleswig-Holstein.
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