Freyr, a Norwegian electric-vehicle battery manufacturer, plans to start a pilot plant near the Arctic Circle in Norway by 2022.

To do so, the company is hiring executives from the oil, gas and aluminum industries who are used to running complicated and costly projects. Freyr plans to invest $2-2.5 billion until the middle of the decade, and its first commercial factory is scheduled to start production in 2023.

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