The race to build gigafactories

By Giles Heather 2021-11-15T09:46:00

There is huge UK market potential in manufacturing facilities for electric vehicle batteries, but also significant challenges ahead

In mandating that sales of new petrol- and diesel-fuelled vehicles will be banned from 2030 as part of its strategy to tackle climate change, the UK government has kick-started efforts to develop the new technologies that will transform the world around us.

A shift to electric vehicles, powered by a new generation of batteries, will not be without its challenges – not least in terms of constructing the facilities to make them. Manufacturing batteries of sufficient power and in enough numbers to satisfy demand will require dozens of huge factories – gigafactories in fact – being rolled out across the UK and Europe.

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