FILE PHOTO: General view outside the Northvolt facility in Vasteras, Sweden, September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Helena Soderpalm.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden's Northvolt said on Wednesday its new gigafactory in northern Sweden has assembled its first battery cell, making it the first European company to design and manufacture a battery on the continent.
The cell is of a prismatic cell format - a variety of thinner and lighter battery - and came off the assembly line on Tuesday.
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