West Midlands Gigafactory has unveiled further plans to develop the UK's largest battery gigafactory in Coventry.
The project is a joint partnership between Coventry City Council and Coventry Airport and would be able to supply high-tech batteries for electric vehicles from 2025 if given the green light.
The factory on land at the airport would be the result of a £2.5 billion investment, creating up to 6,000 new highly skilled jobs directly and thousands more in the wider supply chain in Coventry and the surrounding region.
The new gigafactory, which would cover more than 5.38 million sq ft of space, will be one of the largest single industry facilities of any kind in the UK and at full capacity will be capable of delivering up to 60GWh of production per year.
It will be powered by a planned major boost to the local energy network, giving the gigafactory access to a 100 per cent renewable electricity supply, from a combination of solar power and grid-supplied renewables.
The plant will be able to recycle used batteries as well as build new ones.
Project director Mike Murray said: "The West Midlands Gigafactory has a singular mission to create a state-of-the-art battery gigafactory in the heart of the UK automotive industry.
"It will provide a huge cash investment in the area, leading to thousands of well-paid jobs and creating crucial new skills for this country.
"The Coventry Airport site is perfectly located to do just that, being ideally positioned to supply the UK's leading automotive manufacturers who need access to world-class batteries on their doorsteps.
"We need to make these advanced lithium-ion batteries where we make cars and there is no better place than in the West Midlands."
The factory will be adjacent to the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre, part of the UK Government's Faraday Battery Challenge.
An outline planning proposal for the factory was submitted in July and the application is yet to be determined.
