EVera Recruitment Information Pack for UKBIC

About UKBIC 

The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) is a pioneering facility driving the development of battery technology to support the transition to a greener future.

What they do:

UKBIC bridges the critical gap between battery technologies that have shown promise at laboratory or prototype scale and the successful, cost-effective mass production required for commercial deployment.

Located in Coventry, this publicly funded battery product development centre is open to manufacturers, entrepreneurs, researchers and educators. Any organisation with existing or emerging battery technology that has the potential to deliver green jobs and economic growth in the UK can access its state-of-the-art facilities.

UKBIC plays a vital role within the Faraday Battery Challenge (FBC), a Government initiative designed to accelerate the development of cost-effective, high-performance, durable, safe, lightweight and recyclable batteries.

Funding:

UKBIC receives funding through the Faraday Battery Challenge, delivered by UK Research and Innovation and the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, and is also part-funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority. The project was delivered through a consortium consisting of Coventry City Council, Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership and WMG at the University of Warwick. UKBIC was established in 2018 following a competition led by the Advanced Propulsion Centre with support from Innovate UK.

The Team

The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre includes leading industry professionals from manufacturing, the automotive industry and the emerging battery sector, excited to be part of the electrification revolution that is vital for protecting our people and planet for generations to come.

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING

UKBIC are committed to enabling the development of the next generation of battery systems across the electrode, cell, module and pack levels to allow companies to move to full scale, high volume battery manufacturing (i.e. ‘Gigafactories’) and high volume electric vehicle production as subsequent investments.