Northvolt Assembles First ‘Homegrown’ Lithium-Ion Battery Cell for Electric Vehicles at Swedish Gigafactory

Employees work at the Northvolt facility in Vasteras, Sweden, on Sept. 29, 2021. Helena Soderpalm/Reuters

Swedish battery developer and manufacturer Northvolt has assembled the first “homegrown” lithium-ion battery cell for electric vehicles at a Skellefteå gigafactory, the company announced on Wednesday.

In a statement, the company said the battery marks a “new chapter in European industrial history,” as the cell is the first to have been “fully designed, developed, and assembled at a gigafactory by a homegrown European battery company.”