UK’s first gigafactory saved from brink of collapse before production has even started

Britain is set to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars in just eight years time – but a gigafactory electric battery producing plant, dubbed the first of its kind in the UK, has already run into difficulty in the planning stages.

​Britain is set to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars in just eight years time – but a gigafactory electric battery producing plant, dubbed the first of its kind in the UK, has already run into difficulty in the planning stages.