6th May 2021 10:33 am
Following a rollercoaster six years in the top job at Aston Martin, Andy Palmer’s focus has shifted once again to electric vehicles. Andrew Wade reports.
Andy Palmer is a busy man. Since departing as CEO of Aston Martin in May 2020, the engineer and automotive executive has turned once again to electric vehicles, taking up a torch he himself helped ignite when leading Nissan’s development of the Leaf. Multiple new roles in the EV sector are keeping Palmer on his toes, but he was still kind enough to make time for a follow-up interview after the recording of our initial conversation went awry.
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Could Cornwall be in line for one of the UK s first gigafactories that would put it firmly at the centre of cutting edge green technology? This was the request made in the House of Commons earlier today, when Cornwall MP Steve Double asked for the Prime Minister s support in building a gigafactory here, to produce lithium batteries for electric cars on a large scale. Scientists analysing samples of rock for the presence of lithium in St Austell have already stated that Cornwall could potentially be capable of supplying one third of what the UK would need for an electric revolution by 2030.
Blyth gigafactory : Ex-offenders offered chance at car battery plant
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image captionConstruction of the gigaplant on the site of the former Blyth Power Station is scheduled to start in 2022
Ex-offenders and people on the wrong tracks are to be offered training for jobs at the UK s first gigafactory .
Potential recruits at Britishvolt s electric car battery plant in Blyth, Northumberland, will be offered life skills classes, the company said.
Chairman Peter Rolton said the decision to bring 3,000 jobs to the town was based on the area s wonderful people and an affordable site.
Construction of the lithium-ion battery factory is due to start next summer.