[Rei]

Startup firm Britishvolt, serving energy storage and electric cars, plans 30GWh battery plant at Bro Tathan.

Battery firm chooses Welsh site for Britain's first gigafactory

Startup firm Britishvolt, serving energy storage and electric cars, plans 30GWh battery plant at Bro Tathan

www.theguardian.com

I think I just got the gigafactory joke.

 

[ArthurGreenWorld]

Best of luck to them... a bright spark in an otherwise gloomy economic situation... it will be shocking if it doesn't go ahead.

 

[Anaglypta]

And from the BBC

Electric cars: St Athan confirmed as site for planned battery factory

Britishvolt says its plans could create up to 3,500 jobs and lead to £1.2bn of investment.

www.bbc.co.uk

John.

 

[Rei]

I wonder what the tariffs will be come January. Given how much price pressure there is on batteries it makes me wonder if they are counting on something else to make up for it, like getting some subsidies or lower labour costs.

 

[TomH]

I hope it's somewhere near the gearbox factory that's closing.

 

[phproxy]

I hope it's somewhere near the gearbox factory that's closing.

https://www.brotathan.wales/

 

[MrMoonUK]

Seems a crazy move considering crashing out the EU in January, anyone manufacturing needs to be within the EU area, unless you only sell to this crackpot island

 

[Jeffrey Cooper]

Don't start the Brexit thing up again - we've already left the EU, so no going back. Even Tesla are/were considering bringing their battery gigafactory to England, or at least they were last time I heard from Elon

 

[RunningStrong]

I don't understand when it started being called Bro Tathan, it's widely called St Athan throughout South Wales.

It's an interesting multiuse site, with Aston Martin there building an SUV and hopefully establishing an electric vehicle Centre. Meanwhile, aircraft maintenance and the Special Forces Support Group. Local pubs should be interesting on a Friday.

 

[Ralkbirdy]

Seems a crazy move

considering the M4 around Newport, no reasonable solution has been found so far.

 

[Carty]

Nice to see Wales getting something !.
All the other big protects have been given the boot it appears.
Swansea bay / new power plant etc etc.
Good luck I say.

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Nice to see Wales getting something !.
All the other big protects have been given the boot it appears.
Swansea bay / new power plant etc etc.
Good luck I say.

Still a little too far South for my tastes!

 

[Carty]

Still a little too far South for my tastes!

You are totally correct of course.
But living close to the English border, I think North Wales is completely forgotten about by Welsh government.
All the Welsh government money is spent around Swansea and all the surrounding locations.
We are “Border Dwellers” and therefore largely ignored.
Or that’s how it feels to me anyway ?.

 

[Orrery]

Don't start the Brexit thing up again - we've already left the EU, so no going back.

Of course we'll be going back in. The sentiment has been moving to more pro-EU over the years. Given 10 or 20 years, there'll be pressure for a new referendum and we'll then be back in permanently.

 

[JeffG]

I don't understand when it started being called Bro Tathan, it's widely called St Athan throughout South Wales.

The town (in English), yes. But Bro Tathan is what the business park there is called. Seeing as the Welsh Government founded it, they decided to give it a Welsh name.

 

[RunningStrong]

The town (in English), yes. But Bro Tathan is what the business park there is called. Seeing as the Welsh Government founded it, they decided to give it a Welsh name.

Is Aston Martin on a different part of the site? Because WG refers to AML site as St Athan.

Global launch of Aston Martin’s first “Made in Wales” model | GOV.WALES

The first Aston Martin model stamped with the “Made in Wales” marque is being officially unveiled to the world’s motoring press at a global launch in Beijing today.

gov.wales

 

[JeffG]

Are you trying to compete with Donald again? I was only quoting the official name of the business park, according to the Welsh Government. I don't really care what companies decide to call it in press releases for public consumption.

 

[RunningStrong]

Are you trying to compete with Donald again? I was only quoting the official name of the business park, according to the Welsh Government. I don't really care what companies decide to call it in press releases for public consumption.

Go back to my first post. Answer that question if it bothers you. But clearly WG haven't always called it Bro Tathan as my WG press release on AML shows.

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

You are totally correct of course.
But living close to the English border, I think North Wales is completely forgotten about by Welsh government.
All the Welsh government money is spent around Swansea and all the surrounding locations.
We are “Border Dwellers” and therefore largely ignored.
Or that’s how it feels to me anyway ?.

Precisely!

 

[Carty]

They can call it what and where the hell they like ( and they will ) for all I care to be honest.
Bringing in a HV battery plant ANYWHERE into Wales has to seen as good thing for the Welsh economy ( even it is South Wales - AGAIN ! ).
God knows, we have lost enough car related factory’s just lately !.
The Ford engine and gearbox manufacturing facilities just to name two from the very LONG list.