'We should have stopped earlier': Northvolt co-founder Peter Carlsson on his three big lessons from the collapse
1 okt. 2025
22:09
In his first public appearance since Northvolt filed for bankruptcy in March, co-founder and former CEO Peter Carlsson broke his silence at Norrsken Impact Week in Barcelona on Wednesday.
He took aim at the decisions that led to the Swedish battery maker’s collapse, sharing his biggest lessons on what went wrong.
"It was a timing mistake and it cost us dearly," he said.
He took aim at the decisions that led to the Swedish battery maker’s collapse, sharing his biggest lessons on what went wrong.
"It was a timing mistake and it cost us dearly," he said.
A packed crowd greeted Northvolt’s co-founder Peter Carlsson as he took the stage at Norrsken Impact Week in Barcelona.
The former CEO of the Swedish battery firm has been laying low since the company went into bankruptcy in March, an event that sent shockwaves through the European impact industry.