28th April 2021
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27th April 2021
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Ricardo has received government funding to assess the commercial viability of a facility to assemble battery packs for niche volume manufacturers of electrified vehicles.
Battery manufacturing (Image: Ricardo)
According to Ricardo, these UK electrified vehicle manufacturers include some of the world’s best known prestige brands which create their luxury cars, special vehicles, or off-highway machines for a customer base in the low thousands.
Funded by the Advanced Propulsion Centre’s Automotive Transformation Fund supported by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the economic study will consider how to meet the particular battery hardware needs of these manufacturers across business sectors by ensuring a UK supply chain in electric vehicle components.