Tata’s commitment to building a £4 billion gigafactory has the potential to be a shot in the arm for electric car manufacturing in this country – and not before time. 

The Tata announcement of a new 40GWh battery factory that will be online by 2026 is just the beginning of a solution rather than the solution itself.

However, it is significant in shifting the previously bleak mood and tone around car manufacturing in the UK in the electric era.