Reports: Electric truck battery factory to open in Oxford

Michael Holder
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WAE Technologies reportedly planning new factory to meet surging demand for batteries from electric trucks and lorries

Oxford could become home to new factory dedicated to making batteries for electric heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), under plans revealed by the billionaire founder of Australian iron ore giant Fortescue on...

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