Britishvolt to develop batteries for Lotus electric sports car

Lotus EV sketch — Lotus released this sketch of one of its future electric sports cars. (LOTUS)

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Reuters

January 28, 2022 01:53 PM

BLYTH, England -- Britishvolt said it will develop batteries for a full-electric sports car in partnership with UK automaker Lotus, the first publicly announced customer for the electric-vehicle battery startup.

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