By WhichEV
The UK government has launched a major new initiative aimed at supercharging the country’s electric vehicle manufacturing capabilities, helping innovative companies make the perilous leap from prototype to mass production.
In a keynote address at the opening of the Cenex Expo, Industry Minister Sarah Jones announced the “Scale Up” initiative, a programme designed to support British firms in refining and expanding their production processes.
The announcement forms a cornerstone of the government’s wider £2.5 billion DRIVE35 strategy, signalling a renewed push to make the UK the premier destination for scaling up automotive innovation.
Speaking to an audience of over 5,000 industry leaders, engineers, and innovators at the UK’s leading low-carbon vehicle event, Minister Jones outlined a plan to tackle the infamous ‘valley of death’.
This term describes the critical funding and development gap between creating a successful prototype and achieving commercially viable, large-scale manufacturing. It is a chasm where countless promising technologies have faltered due to a lack of investment, underdeveloped infrastructure, or an inability to finalise commercial agreements.
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