Clean technology firm Altilium has collaborated with the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) to create the UK’s first EV battery cells using recycled cathode active materials (CAM).
Current market conditions mean 1.78 million new electric cars are expected to be on the road by the end of 2027, a figure that could increase 15% with the right regulatory changes.
Although the UK is on track to have 300,000 public chargepoints installed by 2030, too few have so far been installed outside London and the South East.
In this contributed blog, Chris Hazell, co-founder and CEO of battery pack manufacturer Fellten, looks at the challenges slowing down the transition to EVs and the novel technologies overcoming them.