The Big Battery Factory

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

https://www.business-live.co.uk/manufacturing/britishvolt-work-limited-six-months-24742265?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar&fbclid=IwAR1umwynKDpy25Up1cG349CK531eQnWuARgn91HGQfC9ACFqfQqdejUUpBM

 

[Symptoms]

Jump leads at the ready as it seems the Big Battery Factory might be going flat.

[rosco]

Hopefully it is just a blip and is down to supply issues

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

And The Guardian says similar to 

On 14/08/2022 at 12:08, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

https://www.business-live.co.uk/manufacturing/britishvolt-work-limited-six-months-24742265?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar&fbclid=IwAR1umwynKDpy25Up1cG349CK531eQnWuARgn91HGQfC9ACFqfQqdejUUpBM

 

And the Guardian says similar :- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/12/huge-uk-electric-car-battery-factory-on-life-support-to-cut-costs?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR30OaEd39Jzcz7QEEX1ZLEF0LMoS2-yHD99sP-ZQ5nroyGZJIgujbbmE6A#Echobox=1660292369

 

Edited August 15, 2022 by Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

[rosco]

54 minutes ago, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

So we've had a town centre regeneration that has stalled.......and now this hasn't even got over the start line

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

Posted on the Cambois facebook group by Wayne Barclay :- 

Edited August 22, 2022 by Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/business-finance-and-corporate/britishvolt-ceo-orral-nadjari-leaves-battery-company?fbclid=IwAR0b6TiCUDBiwil5xnhC1dzD7gHsozYn2b0f-stkduySbXz5Y7AfcojzLlA

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-62728534.amp?fbclid=IwAR0EpyDGUvU0CFncWuqycnD-5fVTe-c8CqkJ3sdbF9j5j6_-qkGpbXxGcb4

[threegee]

Quote

Britishvolt, the company currently building UK’s first large-scale electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility, or gigafactory, is attracting interest from major investors from the automobile industry. A market analyst, who asked to remain anonymous, told Express.co.uk: “They have the best site in the UK and a rapidly developing product, with the first batch of cells recently sent to customers for testing. "It’s no secret that there’s going to be a supply/demand imbalance for cells, especially sustainably produced cells.”

...

Sources told Express.co.uk that the company may now be a target for mergers and acquisitions by the likes of “Jaguar Land Rover, or even Tesla”.

This would mark a major takeover of the company, which is aiming to build around 300,000 electric battery packs a year through this gigafactory, with a total capacity of over 38 GWh.

Full story: Musk tipped for Brexit U-turn in huge UK investment with Tesla gigafactory takeover

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/business-finance-and-corporate/report-britishvolt-talks-sell-northumberland-gigafactory?fbclid=IwAR33JemZkVk9GUZ2Sgt6wKtBnqKboMcoaltI1uJ1AQ452dnCkeTl1s50U1o

[rosco]

Very worrying story.......drove past last week and the site is locked up and nothing doing  

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63457813?fbclid=IwAR3ZpYekyXqCK0e2ETbCasnZjal9GlRRI2Cf-E5AnnkOl64buwG6xvM3LO8

 

Edited October 31, 2022 by Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

[Symptoms]

So, this is what the Tories 'levelling-up' scheme looks like in practice.  I wonder if site was in Royal Tumbridge Wells the money would be found.  Remember what Rishydishysunac said to those Tories there ... he'd diverted support funding from deprived areas to affluent ones!

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

1 hour ago, Symptoms said:

So, this is what the Tories 'levelling-up' scheme looks like in practice.  I wonder if site was in Royal Tumbridge Wells the money would be found.  Remember what Rishydishysunac said to those Tories there ... he'd diverted support funding from deprived areas to affluent ones!

I think the only good point to come out of this evenings local news was that the BBC presenters managed to say, after months of practise, Cammus and not Cam - bois.

[Symptoms]

The workers suffer AGAIN with pay cuts ...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/02/britishvolt-staves-off-collapse-with-extra-funding-and-steep-staff-pay-cut

[Symptoms]

A comment piece from The Guardian last Saturday:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/11/britishvolt-brexit-delusion-industrial-strategy

This posting is not meant kickstart the Brexit debate here!!!!

[Canny lass]

1 hour ago, Symptoms said:

This posting is not meant kickstart the Brexit debate here!!!!

Thank God for that!

[Symptoms]

More news from The Guardian today:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/09/uk-battery-startup-britishvolt-sell-majority-stake-blyth-northumberland

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

16 hours ago, Symptoms said:

More news from The Guardian today:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/09/uk-battery-startup-britishvolt-sell-majority-stake-blyth-northumberland

So is Britishvolt in talks with you  @Symptoms. I saw the story on the local news, BBC1, on Monday and the only thing that cought my attention was the fact that they still don't know how to say the word 'Cambois' - it always comes out as 'Blyth'🤷‍♂️ 

[Symptoms]

Even a bit more info in The Guardian today:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/10/britishvolt-deal-dealab-battery-startup

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

The end?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64303149.amp?fbclid=IwAR2m-u2r2H7124hAYT0YabUBsPmKRLCiElFT_kGGOSJ0tMFW_5eRR3jsG-0

 

[rosco]

I think Covid / Russia is partly to blame for this fiasco 

[Symptoms]

Deep down I always felt that this would happen ... what a shame!  Anyway, what we need is for Amanda at the Toon to phone Big Mo in Saudi to come to the rescue, or, failing that Sir Jim Ratcliffe of Ineos to pick-up the tab after buying MankU.