Lotus Chooses UK Joint Venture Hyperbat to Supply EV Batteries for its Electric Hypercar

The UK's Hyperbat, a Unipart and Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) joint venture (JV), has sealed a multi-million-pound contract to supply batteries to Lotus for its new all-electric Evija, the world’s most powerful production car.

The JV was established to support the scale-up of EV production in the UK.

It will manufacture the 90kWh lithium-ion battery packs destined for use in the first British-made all-electric hypercar.

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.

The manufacturing process involves assembling 12,000 components split across 500 unique parts and 100,000 welds in each pack. 

Full production will take place at the firm’s brand-new production line at Unipart Manufacturing Group’s site in Coventry. 

Andy Davis, Director at Hyperbat, says: “To win a contract with Lotus to supply battery packs for the world’s most powerful production car demonstrates the exceptional technology and manufacturing expertise we have at Hyperbat.This comes from decades of experience as a first-tier automotive industry manufacturer and is an example of how Hyperbat can continue Britain’s heritage at the frontier of technological innovation in the automotive industry, coupled with Unipart’s expertise in execution."

Mark Edwards, Executive Director, Engineering, Lotus Cars, adds: “We have been working with Unipart and Hyperbat for a number of years and are confident in their ability to deliver the quality of product and the level of Tier 1 manufacturing support Lotus needs for such a prestigious project. With this in mind, we are therefore delighted to appoint Hyperbat for battery production for Lotus’ first fully electric hypercar.”

Partnered with BT, Ericsson and NVIDIA to benefit from the world’s first 5G virtual reality (VR) ‘digital twin’ solution, Hyperbat utlises remote teams in different parts of the UK to connect, collaborate and interact using a virtual 3D engineering model.