Andrew Forrest, founder of Australian iron ore giant Fortescue, is to build a new plant in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, to make batteries for heavy goods vehicles. He says the batteries his company makes are going to be in 'motorbikes, cars, trucks... even trains'.
Britain's battery sector has been delivered some unexpected good news, after an Australian billionaire told Sky News he will be opening an advanced battery plant in Oxfordshire later this year, creating up to 300 new jobs.
The new plant in Kidlington will work on batteries and fuel cells which could be used in heavy goods vehicles in the coming decades., the most prominent independent firm hoping to build a so-called gigafactory, mass producing batteries for electric cars manufactured in the UK.
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