Europe steps up production of car batteries in Sweden and France

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Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Climate change, natural resources, green energy, infrastructure, Sweden, France
Fig. 1 - S2 (13.08.2015; 21.05.2023); S1 (14.10.2014; 24.05.2023) - Northvolt Ett battery gigafactory in Skelleftea, Sweden.
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Europe’s first homegrown battery gigafactory has entered commercial operations on 2022. Financed by Volvo, BMW, Epiroc, Scania and Volkswagen, Northvolt Ett will ramp to a total capacity of 60 GWh
Fig. 2 - S5 (04.05.2016; 28.05.2023) - Stellantis, Total Energies & Mercedes-Benz have inaugurated the second European gigafactory on 30 May 2023.
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Located near car factories in the industrial area of Billy-Berclau-Douvrin, it is the first of four such factories in the North region of France.
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