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Firm announces delay in cell manufacturing from the end of 2024 to mid-2025

Battery start-up Britishvolt has announced it will delay battery production at its plant in Blyth, Northumberland, by six months, from the end of 2024 to mid-2025.

The firm originally stated it would begin mass-manufacturing cells from the end of 2023 before “it realised end-2023 was too optimistic and adjusted production timing to end-2024,” according to an official statement.

Britishvolt filed for administration on 17 January 2023. Click here for the latest updates: Britishvolt collapses with loss of nearly 300 jobs

Outgoing Britishvolt CEO Orral Nadjari told

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