{"id":11161,"date":"2026-04-10T14:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/11161\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:50:14","slug":"tata-group-secures-380m-uk-support-for-major-ev-battery-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/11161\/","title":{"rendered":"Tata Group secures \u00a3380m UK support for major EV battery plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The government has confirmed it will give a \u00a3380m grant to Tata Group\u2019s in-construction battery plant ahead of plans to open the facility in late 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Batteries from the gigafactory, which will be built by Tata subsidiary Agratas, are expected to supply Jaguar Land Rover\u2019s (JLR) electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing operations in the UK. JLR has been owned by Tata Motors since a $2.3bn all-cash deal was made in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>While construction has already started on the project, some earlier delays in the development of JLR\u2019s EV line-up saw its initial launch date pushed back. The factory is designed to eventually produce 40 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of battery capacity annually, making it one of the largest facilities of its type in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Tata Group originally confirmed construction on the plant in early 2024, estimating it would <a href=\"https:\/\/eandt.theiet.org\/2024\/02\/28\/tata-group-confirms-ps4bn-gigafactory-will-be-built-somerset\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cost around \u00a34bn in total<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Until recently, the UK only had one gigafactory \u2013 in Sunderland, run by the Chinese-owned firm AESC since 2012. The factory supplies the local Nissan plant and has an annual output of 1.8GWh, enough to power around 30,000 EVs. In late 2025, AESC opened a second plant with a capacity of 15.8GWh, or nearly nine times the original plant\u2019s output, after a three-year construction period.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, MPs called on the government to \u201curgently create\u201d an attractive environment for EV battery production in the UK or risk falling behind competitors. A report from the cross-party Business and Trade Select Committee claimed that if the gap is not plugged, automotive production in the UK could decline, <a href=\"https:\/\/eandt.theiet.org\/2023\/11\/21\/domestic-ev-manufacturing-faces-roadblock-due-gigafactory-gap-mps-warn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">putting hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis government is backing the industries of the future by investing in auto firms, SMEs and battery manufacturers across the country, helping to boost economic growth and our resilience, secure jobs and put more money in people\u2019s pockets,\u201d said business secretary Peter Kyle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn an unstable world, our Modern Industrial Strategy is providing investors the stability and confidence they need to plan not just for the next year, but for the next 10 years and beyond. That is what sets us apart from the rest, and will help ensure advanced manufacturing remains a thriving sector in the UK for decades to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earl Wiggins, vice-president of manufacturing operations at Agratas, said: \u201cThis funding will support the development of our Somerset facility, enabling us to produce battery cells for our anchor customer, JLR. Over the next year we will have over 2,200 people working on the site, and that growth will continue over the coming years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government has confirmed it will give a \u00a3380m grant to Tata Group\u2019s in-construction battery plant ahead of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[452,5345,4926,18,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-11161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-batteries","9":"tag-design-and-manufacturing","10":"tag-electric-vehicles","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116380973329881764","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}