Ford and Samsung consider Britain for electric battery gigafactories

Some of the world’s major carmakers and technological innovation providers are mulling strategies to build battery “gigafactories” in the Uk amid authorities overtures to the sector.

6 firms, together with carmakers Ford and Nissan and South Korean electronics giants LG and Samsung, are in discussions with the Authorities in excess of locations for battery factories in Britain, the Economic Moments noted.

Also among the interested firms are start-ups BritishVolt, which publicly exposed its fascination final year, and Slovakia’s InoBat. 

Ford is presently thinking of probable locations for a battery supplier for its Transit Custom, an all-electric powered van that is thanks to go into production in Turkey in 2023. 

A Ford spokesman claimed: “As we have previously mentioned, we will validate the battery supplier for the Transit Custom nearer to launch.” InaBat, LG and Samsung did not answer to requests for comment. In May, it was noted Nissan could build a battery manufacturing unit to help its Sunderland plant.

A Authorities spokesman claimed it was “dedicated to securing gigafactories, and proceed[s] to do the job closely with traders and motor vehicle brands to development strategies to mass create batteries in the UK”.

Britain so considerably has only just one business with strategies for a gigafactory in the Uk. BritishVolt, a £2.6bn start-up established in 2019, would like to build a production internet site close to Blyth for its electric powered batteries.