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

全球汽车行业正朝着电气化的未来发展。要实现这一目标，电动汽车（EV）零部件供应链的重大变革至关重要。然而，英国汽车工业有不同的制造商组合，具有不同的产量要求，其中一些与“传统”的大批量汽车供应链不一致。英国必须做些什么来确保这些“利基量”（每年供应低于10,000辆）的汽车制造商能够获得关键的电气化部件？这些制造商的小众产量要求和灵活的产品规格与典型的“超级工厂”的大批量产出不一致。因此，里卡多将完成一项经济可行性研究，以评估工厂的商业可行性，以这些利基产量生产电池组，具有高度的生产灵活性，以支持未来独特的英国汽车工业。此外，它将考虑如何使用该设施来最大限度地减少电池组制造对环境的影响，完成生命周期分析，以确保处理使用过的电池组，重点是“二次生命处理”和从其结构中回收核心元素

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