Northvolt and Volvo Cars choose Gothenburg for new battery factory
Northvolt and Volvo Cars will place their first joint battery factory in Gothenburg, Sweden, next to Volvo Cars’ assembly plant in Torslanda. The new facility will be operational in 2025 and create up to 3,000 direct jobs in Gothenburg. Indirectly, it will also create thousands of additional jobs in the region.The City of Gothenburg has signed a letter of intent with Volvo Cars and Northvolt for the establishment of a new factory for the production of lithium-ion batteries, directly adjacent to Volvo’s existing Torslanda plant. The battery factory will be operational by 2025, and will,