Inside the gigafactory producing the greenest batteries in the world

On a journey out of Skellefteå, an industrial city within the north of Sweden, I cross a number of massive factories. But they’re all dwarfed by my vacation spot – Northvolt Ett, the primary battery “gigafactory” to start manufacturing in Europe.

“You need to see it to believe it,” says Anders Thor of Northvolt, the agency behind the manufacturing facility. He isn’t fallacious. As Thor factors out, the Pentagon – the biggest workplace constructing on the planet and residential to the US defence division – might match into …