Following the recent turmoil surrounding Britishvolt, the UK automotive industry has been given a boost with the announcement from Jaguar Land Rover’s parent company Tata, of plans for a new battery gigafactory in Somerset.
The new £4bn electric vehicle battery factory is targeting a capacity of 40GWh (almost half of the battery production that the Faraday Institution estimates the UK will need by 2030), with production due to commence at the 616-acre Gravity Smart Campus site in Somerset as soon as 2026, to help meet the rapidly increasing demand…
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