A £1m skills academy designed to train the battery engineers of tomorrow has been launched in the North East.
The National Battery Training & Skills Academy has launched at New College Durham, in collaboration with Newcastle University, and will initially support battery manufacturer AESC at its forthcoming second gigafactory on Wearside. The Nissan, BMW and Mercedes supplier has provided much of the high tech equipment for the academy's hands-on learning facilities - including machinery from its original gigafactory.
