Founder and chief of UK battery start-up Britishvolt steps down

Orral Nadjari will pass the reins to Dr Graham Hoare, who is currently Britishvolt’s Deputy CEO and President of Global Operations

UK battery start-up Britishvolt to build £200m test facility in West Midlands

It has partnered with Prologis for the Hams Hall facility in Warwickshire which is expected to help the company rapidly ramp up battery cells and support the ‘smooth start-up’ of its planned gigafactory in Northumberland

Britishvolt buys German battery cell maker EAS for €36m

EAS, currently fully owned by the Monbat Group, has more than 25 years of experience in developing and producing large format cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells

EU greenlights €209m Hungarian aid for SK on Hungary’s EV battery plant

The plant will have an annual capacity of 30 GWh and is expected to create at least 1,900 direct jobs

Britishvolt announces major partnership to rev up battery gigafactory plans

The partnership with the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre will see the development, assembly and manufacture of Britishvolt’s next generation sample cells for mass production and commercialisation

US startup unveils battery made from nuclear waste that could last up to 28,000 years

The nano-diamond battery’s power comes from radioactive isotopes used in nuclear reactors

General Motors and LG Chem team up for $2.3bn EV battery factory

The collaboration is expected to drive down battery costs while improving the technology for customers

Plans for new clean energy R&D campus at Twente Airport

The first building is scheduled for completion by the end of 2019