Committees

Batteries for electric vehicle manufacturing

Inquiry

The Committee has launched this inquiry into the supply of batteries for electric vehicle manufacture in the UK, and the viability of battery manufacturing for electric vehicles in the UK. The industry has recently suffered a series of setbacks, including the Government-championed battery start-up Britishvolt which entered administration in January 2022. The Committee is interested in the UK's potential to scale-up battery manufacturing to meet growing demand for electric vehicles domestically and globally, including what lessons the UK can learn from other countries.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 17 February 2023.

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Past events

Tuesday 12 September 2023
9:45am Private
10:30am Public
Batteries for electric vehicle manufacturing - Oral evidence 12 September 2023
10:30am
  • Ms Nusrat Ghani MP (Minister for Industry and Economic Security at Department for Business and Trade)
  • Fred Perry (Director, Advanced Manufacturing at Department for Business and Trade)
  • Edmund Ward (Deputy Director, Industrial Decarbonisation at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 23 May 2023
9:45am Private
10:30am Public
Batteries for electric vehicle manufacturing - Oral evidence 23 May 2023
10:30am
  • David Wong (Senior Technology and Innovation Manager at Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT))
  • Konstanze Scharring (Director of Policy at Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT))
  • Jeff Pratt (Managing Director at UK Battery Industrialisation Centre)
  • Andy Palmer
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 9 May 2023
2:30pm Private
2:45pm Public
Batteries for electric vehicle manufacturing - Oral evidence 9 May 2023
2:45pm
  • Simon Moores (Chief Executive at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence)
  • Jeff Townsend (Founder at Critical Minerals Association)
  • Jeremy Wrathall (Founder and Chief Executive at Cornish Lithium Limited)
  • Paul Lusty (Director at UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre)
3:30pm
  • Stephen Gifford (Chief Economist at The Faraday Institution)
  • Alan Hollis (Chief Executive at AMTE Power plc)
  • Ian Constance (Chief Executive at Advanced Propulsion Centre UK)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster

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