Scania and Northvolt cargo will jointly develop batteries of the future

Scania AB established a joint venture with startup Northvolt to produce batteries for e-HCV and buses

Scania AB will invest in the project is €10 million, to accelerate its further development and to support the establishment of demonstration line and research facilities Northvolt Labs in the city of Vasteras in Stockholm. Partner of Scania in the project company Northvolt, founded in 2016, with headquarters in Stockholm, specializiruetsya on creating the most environmentally friendly batteries in the world with a minimal carbon footprint and ample opportunities for recycling. To date, the problem of electrification of vehicles has become one of the fastest growing areas of the global automotive industry, opening the way to a more sustainable transport future.

"Electrification will play a key role in the transition to a transport system without fossil fuels. However, the current technology of batteries must grow to meet the needs of the clients that use diesel buses and trucks. We believe that in cooperation with Northvolt will be able to make a huge step forward," said President and CEO of Scania, Henrik Henriksson. Thus, Scania said that for the broad market electrification heavy trucks and buses, it is imperative to further development as the charging infrastructure and a more reliable, economical and durable batteries. In this work AB should be tailored to the specific needs of clients in various fields of activity, i.e., battery electric buses and freight trucks is not the same thing.

"Thanks to Scania's experience in the area of products and businesses, combined with our advanced production process, we are convinced that we can produce economical and environmentally sound battery elements are of the highest quality for the market of heavy commercial vehicles", – in turn, said the co-founder and chief Executive officer Northvolt Peter Karlsson. For the production of "high-quality green battery with minimum carbon emissions and maximum recycling rates" the company Northvolt to build a factory in the city of skellefteå are within the North of Sweden.

– After owls locally with Siemens, experiments on the contact electricity of electrographical Scania still focused on self-contained batteries