Start Small, Think Big: The Future of UK Gigafactories

About this episode

Nikki Rimmington discusses the future of UK gigafactories and the challenges and opportunities in battery production.

In our latest episode, we spoke with Nikki Rimmington, a strategy expert from battery cell start-up Volklec, about UK gigafactory developments. With experience at Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin, Nikki shared insights into the UK's electrification journey. We discussed challenges and opportunities in battery production, localised supply chains, and how start-ups like Volklec compete in this industry. What is Volklec? Volklec is a UK start-up aiming to become the country's only independent ...

People in this episode

Guest: Nikki Rimmington

Topics covered

• UK gigafactories
• battery production
• electrification
• localised supply chains
• start-ups

Keywords

• Volklec
• Jaguar Land Rover
• Aston Martin

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Volklec

Places: UK

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