The archive
Lars Carlstrom in the Press
Lars Carlstrom and the industrial ventures associated with his career have featured in international news coverage, business publications and specialist industry media.
The articles listed here are extracts — a selection drawn from several hundred pieces of coverage of the ventures. They are representative rather than complete; the full body of reporting is considerably larger than the archive shown below.
The New York Times covered the Genii Capital and Bernie Ecclestone bid for Saab. The Guardian reported on Britishvolt and AMTE Power’s plans for a UK battery gigafactory. Autocar Professional reported on Britishvolt’s partnership with Pininfarina for a proposed battery plant in Wales.
Reuters covered Italvolt’s agreement with Equans for its proposed Italian battery facility. Handelsblatt reported on Lars Carlstrom’s plans for an Italvolt battery factory at the former Olivetti site in Scarmagno. Canavese News reported on the signing of the binding agreement to acquire the ex-Olivetti area in Scarmagno on 9 September 2021. la Repubblica reported on the same agreement, including the planned investment and the plant designed by Pininfarina’s architecture division. The archive also includes coverage of Italvolt’s gigafactory plans from Forbes, Corriere della Sera and La Stampa.
S&P Global covered Statevolt’s proposed US battery plant and lithium supply agreement with Controlled Thermal Resources. dot.LA reported on Statevolt’s planned $4 billion gigafactory in California’s Imperial Valley and its lithium supply agreement with Controlled Thermal Resources. electrive reported on the founder of Britishvolt and Italvolt announcing the new US subsidiary. California Construction News reported on the same $4 billion factory and its lithium and geothermal power from the Salton Sea. Renewables Now reported on Statevolt buying the 135-acre Imperial Valley site for its planned 54-GWh plant. North America Outlook published Lars’s own guest column on gigafactories and decarbonizing the US economy. Recharge reported on the $4 billion “hyper local” California gigafactory plan, and the Calexico Chronicle also covered the California proposals. IVEDC reported on its CEO speaking at the California Economic Summit alongside Statevolt founder Lars Carlstrom. BEST Magazine reported on Italvolt giving up on the Italy gigafactory and setting up a new plant in the UAE. The Desert Review published a letter from Lars setting out Statevolt’s shift to energy storage and its operations in Ras Al-Khaimah. The Energy Question published an interview with Lars on building battery companies in the US and Italy. Interesting Engineering reported on Kryonite Power’s waste-to-energy talks with Los Angeles and San Diego, quoting Lars as the company’s founder. Chalmers University of Technology hosted Lars’s keynote “Giga factories — a driving force for new green industrialization” at the Wingquist Laboratory’s 22nd Annual Seminar on Digital Product Realization. eeNews Europe published a CEO interview with Lars on how Italvolt’s Italian gigafactory was evolving into a broader industrial centre. Automotive Manufacturing Solutions published an interview by Ilkhan Ozsevim with Lars on Statevolt’s pivot from EV batteries to energy storage and from the US and Europe to the UAE. Sustainability Magazine reported on Italvolt founding Statevolt for the $4 billion Imperial Valley facility and its letter of intent with Controlled Thermal Resources, quoting Lars on lithium-ion batteries and the US transition to net zero. Alriks Bilar interviewed Lars on Swedish television about EU bureaucracy and battery factory costs, and why production has moved to the UAE. Lars’s own LinkedIn post reported from TECH by Handelsblatt, on a new start for Europe and a revised green transition to accelerate European industry. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence published a Battery Gigafactories USA 2023 panel featuring Lars Carlstrom of Statevolt on the US battery market and energy storage potential. MOVEMNT published Timothy Papandreou’s conversation with Lars on the international EV race and the role of battery production.
