Jaguar to repurpose used EV batteries for Northamptonshire energy storage system

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Jaguar Land Rover

Wykes Engineering link up set to see automaker harness residual capacity from second-hand batteries to store excess solar and wind energy

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Wykes Engineering are teaming up to develop what they claim will be one of the UK's largest energy storage systems made from old electric car batteries. The two firms announced...

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