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Chinese manufacturer set for £1bn UK investment
- 26/03/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Chinese electric vehicle battery manufacturer EVE Energy could invest over £1bn in a new gigafactory near Coventry that would create up to 6,000 jobs in the region. The site would initially have an output of 20GWh, which would subsequently be increased to 60GWh. Once completed, the new facility would be nearly [...] -
VWG UK signs EV battery recycling deal
- 29/02/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Volkswagen Group UK has signed an agreement with battery recycling experts Ecobat to collect and recycle electric vehicle (EV) batteries. As part of the deal, Ecobat will collect EV batteries from dealers, distributors, and end-of-life recycling centres. The batteries will then be processed at Ecobat’s new UK [...] -
SYNETIQ signs innovative EV battery deal
- 10/01/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Vehicle salvage, dismantling, and recycling company SYNETIQ has agreed a new collaboration to develop sustainable solutions for EV batteries at the end of their life. The IAA company is working with Allye Energy, a smart battery technology platform specialising in distributed energy storage at the grid edge. This [...] -
Boost for green jobs with new Fortescue site
- 13/10/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Fortescue has delivered a major boost to jobs, manufacturing, and green energy in the United Kingdom with the opening of a new state-of-the-art technical innovation centre in Kidlington. The new site will be home to 300 highly skilled workers, with up to 50 more jobs to be created across the next year. It will [...] -
AI to accelerate EV adoption
- 15/09/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Automotive engineers using artificial intelligence can reduce battery testing by up to 70%. This is according to Richard Ahlfeld, CEO and founder of AI software provider Monolith. He explained how effective use of AI can speed up the development of batteries and support the market’s transition to electric [...] -
Fortescue expands UK battery production capabilities
- 19/06/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Fortescue is significantly expanding its battery and electric powertrain production operations in the UK with the announcement of an additional state-of-the-art facility in Oxfordshire, creating more than 120 jobs. Fortescue chairman Andrew Forrest said the expansion is part of Fortescue’s commitment to grow its [...] -
Synetiq calls for industry-wide EV strategy
- 13/10/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Synetiq is calling for a collaborative industry approach to identify a solution for safe recycling of EV batteries within the next 12-24 months. This is after it reported a tenfold increase in electrified car and van disposal over the last two years. The government’s multimillion pound Local EV Infrastructure [...] -
EV repairs slower and more costly
- 21/06/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A new study from Activate Group has found that key-to-key times for EV and hybrid vehicles are up to 16% longer than vehicles with combustion engines. This is based on data from more than 100,000 claims handled by Activate Group. Overall, the average key-to-key times for alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) was 1.5 [...] -
Plans revealed for UK’s largest Gigafactory
- 21/10/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Plans to develop the largest battery gigafactory in the UK have been unveiled. The site in Coventry will create up to 6,000 highly skilled jobs directly as well as thousands more in the supply chain. West Midlands Gigafactory, a public private joint venture between Coventry City Council and Coventry Airport, [...]