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Mobile WebSiteBritain plans to set up a "national battery prototype design center", and car manufacturers joint, the development of electric vehicle batteries, to promote the development of electric vehicle industry.
Coventry is the center of the British traditional automobile industry. On May 30, political, academic and corporate representatives from the UK set up a research, development and testing program for the establishment of the National Battery Prototype Design Center, paving the way for a large-scale production of electric vehicles to the local level. Jaguar Land Rover CEO Rivoli Speth (Ralf Speth) also attended the meeting, and proposed in the UK to build electric vehicle models.
The supporters of the plan will submit proposals to the ministers, and the deliberations of the proposals will take place after the June 8 general election. West Midlands is located in central England, where local officials want to take advantage of the geographical advantage to become the center of the construction address. They think the plan can create as many as 10,000 jobs, but there is no budget for the establishment of the center. "We hope this program will be supported by public funds," said Andy Street, Mayor of Midi Midlands, in an interview with Reuters.
Car manufacturers are competing to produce more environmentally friendly, less charged electric vehicles to meet the growing customer needs to achieve air quality goals. However, the United Kingdom does not have enough manufacturing capacity, the ministers expressed the hope that to enhance their manufacturing capacity.
British business secretary Greg Clark said that although the investment options need to be determined by the next government, but the plan has clearly received a lot of support, the members of the Coventry and West Midlands as a battery storage Innovative pilot also has great enthusiasm.
