The Swedish battery maker filed for bankruptcy last week, dashing ambitions for the European electric vehicles sector – and leaving significant EU loans outstanding

  • tal@lemmy.today
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    29 days ago

    Northvolt filed for bankruptcy, and in the text, they claim Northvolt filed for bankruptcy protection. Like idk, there’s a huge fucking difference between the two…

    Bankruptcy is a legal status that provides protection from creditors when you’re out of funds to pay them. Basically, suspends their ability to compel payment of your debts to them while a court addresses the situation.

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      29 days ago

      Yeah, that’s the Bancruptcy Protection that they mentioned, but the article get the two completely mixed up…