Anyone who wants to know what German ambitions are like?
Batteries for electric cars All you have to do is do a little press review of the past few months. “ACC plant in Kaiserslautern: construction stop for the superlative battery factory,” reports the daily news I’m June. “Cuts in the battery cell factory in Salzgitter” writes Local local newspaper I am September. “SVolt is ceasing business in Europe,” it says Saarland Radio about a Chinese battery company in October.

But no news is as worrying as this: Last week, what was probably Germany’s biggest hope, the Swedish battery manufacturer “Northvolt”, filed for bankruptcy protection in the USA. The procedure prevents creditors from taking legal action against Northvolt for a certain period of time. In doing so, Northvolt wants to restructure its debts, create growth prospects and gain “access to financing sources,” the new company writes in a press release.