Feasibility study to quantify the opportunity for niche volume battery pack manufacturing in the UK, including consideration of ‘second life’ processing.

量化英国小批量电池组制造机会的可行性研究，包括考虑“第二次生命”处理。

• 批准号: 10004548
• 金额: $ 21.19万
• 依托单位: RICARDO UK LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: BEIS-Funded Programmes
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10004548
• 关键词: Feasibility; study; quantify; opportunity; niche

The global automotive industry is evolving towards an electrified future. Significant changes to the supply chain for electric vehicle (EV) components are essential to realise this. Yet, the UK automotive industry has a diverse mix of manufacturers, with varied volume requirements, some of which are not aligned with the 'traditional' high volume automotive supply chain. What must the UK do to ensure these manufacturers of vehicles at 'Niche Volume' (supplying at below 10,000 units per year) are able to access critical electrification components?The niche volume requirements and flexible product specifications of these manufacturers are not aligned with the high-volume outputs from typical 'Gigafactories'. Therefore, Ricardo will complete an economic feasibility study to assess the commercial viability of a facility to manufacture battery packs at these niche volumes, with a high level of flexibility in production, in order to support the unique UK vehicle industry in the future. In addition, it will consider how the facility can be used to minimise the environmental impact of battery pack manufacture, completing a Life Cycle Analysis to ensure the processing of used packs is accommodated, focussing on 'second life processing' and recycling of core elements from their construction

全球汽车业正在向电气化的未来发展。要实现这一点，电动汽车(EV)零部件供应链的重大变革至关重要。然而，英国汽车业拥有多样化的制造商组合，对产量的要求各不相同，其中一些与传统的大批量汽车供应链不一致。英国必须做些什么，才能确保这些利基产量(每年供应1万辆以下)的汽车制造商能够获得关键的电气化部件？这些制造商的利基产量要求和灵活的产品规格与典型的“千兆工厂”的大批量产量不一致。因此，里卡多将完成一项经济可行性研究，以评估一个设施的商业可行性，以生产这些利基容量的电池组，并具有高度的生产灵活性，以支持未来独特的英国汽车行业。此外，它还将考虑如何利用该设施将电池组制造对环境的影响降至最低，完成生命周期分析，以确保处理使用过的电池组，重点放在‘二次生命处理’和从其建造中回收核心元素