Technology tops agenda at Proving factory launch

Posted on 13 Feb 2015 by Callum Bentley

The Proving Factory is now officially open for business, following the formal opening yesterday at the assembly facility in Coventry, with guest of honour Business Secretary Dr Vince Cable.

A £22 million manufacturing initiative in the UK, The Proving Factory takes low-carbon vehicle technologies developed by small high-tech British companies and university research departments, industrialises them then produces them at ‘proving volumes’ of 10,000-20,000 units a year. Once a product is adopted by a car maker, The Proving Factory puts it into production, and…

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