Green Alliance: Incoherent battery strategy makes UK 'unattractive' to investors

Cecilia Keating
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A mock-up of the expansion to the Envision AESC gigafactory | Credit: Envision
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A mock-up of the expansion to the Envision AESC gigafactory | Credit: Envision

UK is suffering negative consequences from 'piecemeal' approach to battery production, think tank warns

The lack of a UK battery production strategy is jeopardising its nascent battery supply chain and the future prosperity of the motor industry, a new analysis from think tank Green Alliance has today warned....

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