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UK in discussions for more gigafactories to ensure battery supply
The UK government is reportedly in discussions with a number of companies regarding the construction of gigafactories to ensure enough battery manufacturing capacity for the British automotive industry to meet future electric vehicle demand.
read more... 18/06/2021
Italy aims to generate over $1.2B in investments for gigafactory
Italy aims to spur total investments of more than one billion euros ($1.22 billion) to build an electric-car battery factory with automaker Stellantis expected to play a leading role, three government sources told Reuters.
read more... 11/06/2021
Northvolt expands gigafactory plans to 60GWh
Northvolt plans to increase capacity at its gigafactory in Ett, Sweden, to 60GWh, up from an original plan of 40GWh, citing rising demand for its batteries. This would push up Northvolt's total planned European battery production capacity to 150GWh by 2030. The factory is expected to begin partial operations by the end of this year. Northvolt expects to build at least two additional gigafactories in Europe to meet its capacity goals and is exploring the possibility of building one of them in Germany.
read more... 10/06/2021
Nissan May Build Huge Battery Plant In The UK
Car giant Nissan is said to be in advanced negotiations with the UK government to build a huge electric car battery plant as part of an official push to make Britain the company’s largest electric vehicles (EVs) production hub outside Japan.
read more... 27/05/2021
European gigafactories essential to supply growing EV demand
With a number of gigafactories currently being built, Europe is becoming a growth market for battery manufacturing, which is essential to ensuring that Europe's fast-growing electric vehicles (EV) market can source locally supplied batteries, according to battery manufacturing panelists at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) Munich Summit May 17.
read more... 19/05/2021