Can Northvolt solve Europe’s impending electric car battery problem?

Re:Can Northvolt solve Europe’s impending electric car batte... by jiofih on Friday June 25, 2021 @07:17AM (#27629313)

In europe, meaning shorter shipping routes, recycling existing batteries, and doing that using a novel hydrometallurgy process with 97% lithium recovery rate, lower emissions and a factory powered 100% from renewable energy. Plus they have $27B in orders already.

You left that little part out :)

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Re:Can Northvolt solve Europe’s impending electric car batte... by lyschoening on Friday June 25, 2021 @09:02AM (#27630217)

They will be able to recycle batteries, but that's not where much of their current order volume or materials come from. The article is a word salad that conflates a series of unrelated points.

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Re:Can Northvolt solve Europe’s impending electric car batte... by kzrdude on Friday June 25, 2021 @09:39AM (#27630615)

Northern Sweden is on the very fringe of Europe, though, so still far away.

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Re:Can Northvolt solve Europe’s impending electric car batte... by jiofih on Saturday June 26, 2021 @08:51AM (#27641412)

1800km to Berlin vs 8000km to Shanghai. Quite significant.

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Re:Can Northvolt solve Europe’s impending electric car batte... by detaro on Saturday June 26, 2021 @08:58AM (#27641455)

and no customs borders to cross.

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