Scania people are actually helping out Northvolt by spending time in the Swedish plant
Reuters writes that Scania is particularly active in supporting the company in its day-to-day life by putting people in the factory, trying "to boost quality and output at the struggling electric vehicle battery maker as it scrambles to secure funds". We're talking about the Northvolt Ett in Skelleftea, Northern Sweden, currently employing about 2,500 people.
According to Reuters, and with indirect confirmations from the truck manufacturer, Scania people are helping out (or “trying to breath life into”) troubled EV battery maker Northvolt, which is currently in need of fresh money to survive. In fact, Northvolt has already filed for Chapter 11 in the U.S., and is struggling to find a way to solve huge financial problems.
Reuters writes that Scania is particularly active in supporting the company in its day-to-day life by putting people in the factory, trying “to boost quality and output at the struggling electric vehicle battery maker as it scrambles to secure funds”. We’re talking about the Northvolt Ett in Skelleftea, Northern Sweden, currently employing about 2,500 people. Apparently, “Scania staff member is to be paired with a Northvolt shift manager or team leader to ‘coach’ teams while ‘simultaneously helping to drive improvements and implement standards'”, as reported by Reuters.
The connections between Scania and Northvolt
Scania is a top Northvolt customer, now relying on the Swedish battery maker for the cells of their new electric trucks. Also, Scania is part of the Volkswagen Group, which owns 21% stake of Northvolt. In October, 2024, Scania and TRATON CEO, Christian Levin, pointed out that not all Scania vehicles are coming with Nortvolt cells, but the new regional haulage truck will have them.
Talking about Northvolt, Levin also said: “It lies in our interest, to make sure they can continue to deliver cells to us, so that we can continue to deliver vehicles to our customers where we have a customer contract and a promise which is related to our brand”. Scania has already pledged Northvolt 100 million dollars as part of the U.S. bankruptcy deal.
