Articles added to the CovCAN website this week are listed below.

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Greenpower Park

Greenpower Park is an area near Coventry Airport aimed at being a centre of excellence for battery technology and manufacturing. It already houses the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) and aims to house a West Midlands battery Gigafactory if funding can be raised. The West Midlands Combined Authority 2023 Investment Prospectus said that the West Midlands Gigafactory in Coventry: is  …

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Major Battery Manufacturer Lays off 25% of Staff

On 23 September 2024, Swedish lithium-ion battery manufacturer Northvolt announced that it would make 1600 of its 6500 employees redundant "to match the needs of a reduced scale of operations" to meet "a challenging macroeconomic climate". See CNBC among others for analysis. Expectations of growth in the global electric vehicle (EV) battery market have recently been lowered. This is driven …

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