As demand for electrical energy storage scales, production networks for lithium-ion battery manufacturing are being re-worked organisationally and geographically. The UK - like the US and EU - is seeki. ••Explores evolving visions of a lithium-ion battery sector in the UK.••. Lithium-ion battery production is rapidly scaling up, as electromobility gathers pace in the context of decarbonising transportation. As battery output accelerates, the. Efforts to onshore battery production and develop domestic battery supply chains are occurring in several jurisdictions. The US Inflation Reduction Act (2022), for example, creates strong in. In this section we examine how lithium dynamics in the UK are strongly shaped by the automotive sector, and the role of UK industrial policy, research policy and trade diplomacy in dev. In this section we consider the lithium economies of which the UK is increasingly a part, working upstream along the production network from gigafactory development thro.
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Is the UK a 'Entrepreneurial State' for lithium-ion batteries?
These gaps reflect limits in the scope and scale of the UK government's efforts to act as an 'entrepreneurial state' with regard to lithium-ion batteries, particularly in the context of growing competition from Europe and the US in the wake of the US Inflation Reduction Act.
Do solid state batteries use lithium-ion technology?
Although solid state batteries do not use lithium-ion technology, Ilika is part of a broader cell and battery development ecosystem in the UK that harnesses government support (via APC, UKBIC and FBC) and private funding to develop and scale cell and battery technology.
Does the automotive sector have a nexus with lithium-ion battery production?
Yet the automotive sector's nexus with lithium-ion battery production is a major driver of lithium's geographies and organisational networks (Bridge and Faigen 2022), so that exploring this dynamic from the battery-consumer end of the chain can offer a valuable and complementary perspective.
How is the UK re-working lithium-ion battery production networks?
As demand for electrical energy storage scales, production networks for lithium-ion battery manufacturing are being re-worked organisationally and geographically. The UK - like the US and EU - is seeking to onshore lithium-ion battery production and build a national battery supply chain.
Are lithium-ion batteries a state accumulation project?
Although primarily an empirical paper, our approach has revealed the differentiated and plural character of lithium-ion batteries as a state accumulation project, in which the state has increasingly framed the trajectory of (automotive) transformation and acted as a risk-taker.
What is the nexus of auto-manufacturing & lithium-ion batteries post-Brexit?
Spotlights nexus of auto-manufacturing and lithium-ion batteries, post-Brexit. Battery supply chain shaped by a state project of green industrial transformation. State action towards onshoring converges battery science & manufacturing.