A UK manufacturer of electric vehicle battery packs has sealed a multi-million-pound contract to supply Lotus with batteries for its new all-electric Evija, said to be the world’s most powerful production car.Hyperbat was formed to bring together Williams Advanced Engineering’s (WAE) EV battery expertise with Unipart’s capability in manufacturing safety-critical products for premium OEMs.

Full production of the battery packs will take place on the firm’s new production line at Unipart Manufacturing Group’s site in Coventry, where the manufacturing process will involve assembling 12,000 components split across 500 unique parts, with 100,000 welds in each pack. The mid-mounted battery pack will support a target output of 2000 PS, and performance targets of 0-62mph in under three seconds and a top speed of over 200mph.
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