Recharge Industries is confirmed to have bought Britishvolt following the company emerging as the 'preferred bidder' among rival bidders, with a deal being finalised with administrators late on Sunday in the UK. The agreement revives hopes for the construction of a £3.8bn  “gigafactory” in Northern England and supply the next gene nge and change Britishvolt's production. 

Britishvolt has successfully passed essential industry standard battery cell safety tests UN38.3 and will shortly be shipping its development 21700 cells to seven customers for further testing.

Paige West talks with David Threlfall, Chief Information Officer at Britishvolt about the Gigaplant that Britishvolt is planning to deliver and the future of the UK battery industry.

Britishvolt and VKTR are partnering on the development of a transparent and lower carbon supply of nickel sulphate from Indonesia as well as a battery technology R&D roadmap.