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Sweden's Northvolt files for bankruptcy, in blow to Europe's EV ambitions

38 pointsby Element_6 months ago

5 comments

em5006 months ago
There&#x27;s an interesting AMA on Reddit from a Northvolt engineer: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;old.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;sweden&#x2F;comments&#x2F;1g1xkmx&#x2F;jag_%C3%A4r_ingenj%C3%B6r_p%C3%A5_northvolt_ama&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;old.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;sweden&#x2F;comments&#x2F;1g1xkmx&#x2F;jag_%C3%A4r...</a> (Google translate works well on the old.reddit.com site).<p>According to this (and other) reports, they never got their high volume production yields anywhere near that of their (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) competitors, which made their end products far too expensive. Geopolitics aside, they didn&#x27;t have any competitive edge, it&#x27;s difficult to see where they would get it, since both their raw materials and manufacturing equipment were majorly imported from Asia.
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pjmlp6 months ago
They are not alone, apparently Ford is closing down EV factories due to lack of sales.<p>Get the prices down, and people will buy EVs.
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MichaelZuo6 months ago
Why is this flagged?
pstuart6 months ago
Bummer. It would be nice not have all battery eggs in China&#x27;s basket.
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guenthert6 months ago
Er, they filed for chapter 11, bankruptcy <i>protection</i>. It&#x27;s not the end of the road, but rather a cry for help.