The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC), on the outskirts of Coventry, is key to the future of a British automotive sector lagging behind when it comes to battery technology.
In fact the centre is so important that senior executives from two of the UK’s biggest automotive rivals, the US and Germany, are building their own versions.
The £130m site is turning world-class battery knowhow into commercially viable energy packs. This is critical if the UK is to be a part of the brave new world of decarbonised transport.
Insider deputy editor Ian Griffin paid a visit, interviewing managing director Sean Gilgunn and getting a tour of the facility from Nick Sheppard, the production lead for cell assembly.
