Research and development for Lotus to develop a battery cell for a high-performance sports car will ultimately be reduced to leveraging battery cells for more affordable, mainstream EVs.
see photosLotus will also expand its range to include high-end electric saloons and SUVs
BritishVolt said on Friday it will develop batteries for a fully electric sports car in partnership with British carmaker Lotus, the first publicly announced customer for an electric vehicle (EV) battery startup. BritishVolt said that research and development for Lotus into developing battery cells for a high-performance sports car will ultimately be reduced to leveraging battery cells for more affordable, mainstream EVs. Lotus, which is owned by China’s Geely and Malaysia’s Attica Automotive, has said it expects to sell only fully electric models by 2028.
The carmaker will expand its range to include high-end electric saloon and sports-utility vehicles.
“Lotus is pleased to collaborate with BritishVolt to develop new battery cell technology to showcase the exciting performance of the EV sports car,” Lotus Managing Director Matt Windley said in a statement.
Carmakers are rushing to develop an EV before the fossil-fuel car is banned in Europe and China.
This presents challenges for sports cars and supercars, which require a lot of sustained power without additional battery load.
Peter Rolton, Executive Chairman – BritishVolt, at the site of the company’s planned battery plant in Blyth, UK
“Lotus is a performance brand with an ambitious plan,” BritishVolt executive chairman Peter Rolton told Reuters during a visit to the construction site of Britishvolt’s planned battery plant site in the northern English city of Blyth, a large east facing north sea. Coal storage site. ,
“For this to work, they have to have the performance that goes with the vehicle and you won’t get that with a standard battery.”
Rolton said Lotus was the first of several customer announcements to be made by BritishVolt in the coming weeks, including high-performance vehicles, mainstream EVs and electric commercial vehicles that will require durable, long-lasting batteries.
BritishVolt last week secured UK government support for its Blythe plant, unlocking 1.7 billion pounds ($2.28 billion) in private funding from logistics real estate investor Tritax and investment firm abrdn plc.
When the 3.8 billion pound, 45 gigawatt-hour (GWh) plant becomes fully operational in 2027, it should be able to produce battery packs for more than 450,000 electric vehicles annually.
0 notes
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
for the latest auto news And AnalysisFollow carandbike.com Twitter, Facebookand ours. subscribe to youtube Channel.