Northvolt suspected of manslaughter in latest blow to flailing battery startup

Swedish prosecutors are set to serve Northvolt with a suspicion of gross manslaughter notice following the death of a worker at the EV battery-maker’s struggling gigafactory in the country’s icy North, the Financial Times reports.  Environmental prosecutor Christer B Jarlås told the paper that officials will deliver the formal notice in the coming weeks, which indicates Northvolt is under investigation for possible legal responsibility in the incident.  The notice pertains to a 25-year-old Northvolt employee who died on December 15 after suffering severe burns sustained during an explosion on a production line at the startup’s megaplant in Skellefteå a month…

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