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A new report from Savills suggests that the UK will require up to 50 million sq ft (4.64 million sq m) of industrial and warehouse space by 2040 to deliver enough batteries for electric vehicle (EV) production.
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Ben Kilbey, Head of Communications at Britishvolt and a Transport + Energy editorial board member, reflects on his time spent at COP26 and the infectious nature of everyone’s shared ambition to deliver Net Zero.
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In his latest exclusive column for Transport + Energy motoring broadcaster and transport campaigner Quentin Willson discusses the energy crisis and examines how electrification provides the answer to get out of it.
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The Faraday Institution has opened a regional office in Newcastle and aims to bring together the region’s battery ecosystem including research, innovation, skills and production.
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Battery cell technology and R&D company Britishvolt are one of four grant recipients in the latest round (Round 4) of the Faraday Battery Challenge – with the partners set to develop a “next-generation, ultra-high power and fast-charging battery materials system for automotive applications”.
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In this first in a series of industry interviews, Ben Kilbey CCO at Britishvolt, talks to Dr. Benjamin Silverstone, Programme Lead at U.K. Electrification Skills Framework on the huge opportunities for future-proofed employment that the energy transition will bring.
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StoreDot, a pioneer of extreme fast charging (XFC) battery technology for electric vehicles (EVs), has filed a patent for technology systems that will rapidly increase the crucial ‘miles per minute’ of charging ratio that is currently a major barrier to EV adoption.
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Ben Kilbey, the Head of Communications at UK battery technology firm Britishvolt, has joined Transport + Energy’s editorial advisory board.
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A consortium of seven UK-based organisations has signed a memorandum of understanding to combine ambitions to develop world-leading prototype solid-state battery technology, targeting automotive applications.
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Britishvolt has been granted planning permission to construct its first full-scale lithium-ion Gigaplant facility in Northumberland.
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