Project MagScale is about helping the UK lead the way in better, more affordable electric vehicle (EV) batteries. At the centre of the project is a new magnetic enhancement technology, developed here in the UK, called MagLiB. This innovation has the potential to make EV batteries charge faster, work more efficiently, and last longer - benefits that could make electric cars more affordable and attractive for everyone. The challenge now is to scale this UK innovation from the lab into the large "gigafactories" where millions of EV batteries are made. Batteries come in three main types -- pouch, cylindrical, and prismatic -- and each has its own production process. Project MagScale will investigate how MagLiB technology can be built into all three formats in a way that is practical, cost-effective, and ready for high-volume production. By focusing on real-world manufacturing, the project tackles the key question: can this UK technology be industrialised at scale? Success would mean shorter charging times for drivers, lower costs for manufacturers, and ultimately more affordable EVs on the market. It would also strengthen the UK's position as a global leader in battery innovation, creating opportunities for new skills, jobs, and investment in the clean transport sector. This project is innovative because it doesn't just look at how well the technology works in a laboratory -- it looks at how it can be manufactured at the scale needed to support the UK's transition to EVs. That makes it a vital step in turning a promising home-grown idea into a practical solution for the mass market. By funding Project MagScale, the UK is investing in faster-charging, more affordable electric vehicles, while backing a British technology that could play a key role in the global battery industry. This is about supporting innovation that will cut carbon emissions, lower costs for consumers, and keep the UK at the forefront of the clean energy transition.

Battery technologies will form an essential role in the decarbonisation of electricity grids. To be competitive with fossil fuel generators, the reliability and affordability of renewable battery alternatives must be improved. Batteries are assembled of cells which suffer from resistance during operation, which limits the performance of the whole system and often necessitates expensive replacements. Gaussion is a UK-based SME that develops magnetic components that reduce battery resistance. Their MagLiB technology is a low-cost solution which can be deployed with all battery applications as a bolt-on component. This 10-month project will explore the development of battery storage units with magnetic enhancement components that increase the affordability for use-cases in the Philippines. Gaussion will attend in-person visits to meet end-users and learn about the application environment, allowing Gaussion to develop systems that best address the real-world pain points. The project will launch with a technoeconomic feasibility assessment which will generate product concepts ready for scale-up to deployment for real-world trials.

Electrification of the automotive sector is essential in order to meet net zero targets. However, the adoption of electric vehicles (EV) depends hugely on their performance, especially in comparison to traditional internal combustion vehicles. Particularly, charging time and driving range remain key concerns for customers considering transitioning to an EV. Gaussion is a UK SME focused on bringing magneto-enhancement technologies to the global EV market. Our MagLiB(tm) technology range boasts substantial charging time reductions for EV batteries without compromising lifetime or warranty; our goal is to bring affordable rapid charging to the mass market by enabling 200 miles of range in 10 minutes or less. The current battery market is dominated by cells with liquid electrolytes but enabling safe rapid charging has formed a significant market driver towards the development of solid electrolyte batteries, or solid-state-batteries (SSB), however, SSBs currently suffer significant lifetime and cost issues. Gaussion has a well-established history of improving the performance of liquid-electrolyte cells and this project will explore the feasibility of our solid-electrolyte product range by testing on commercial SSB cells. This feasibility study will provide an essential step that accelerates the route to market for Gaussion's MagLiB(tm) SSB product offering, thereby accelerating the roll out and ensuring the sustainability of affordable fast charging in the UK and globally.

Gaussion produce unique electromagnetic systems that reduce the resistances within lithium-ion batteries. Lower resistances result in faster charging and longer lifetimes for electric vehicles (EVs), two factors that urgently require improvement if EVs are to become comparable to traditional combustion vehicles. In collaboration with the Science and Technology Facility Council (STFC), and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), this project is focused on developing highly advanced measurement and analysis methods that characterise electromagnetic fields across four dimensions (three spatial dimensions plus time). The application of electromagnetic fields to electrochemical systems (magneto-electrochemistry) is an emerging field and currently lacks the essential standardisation and benchmarking required for efficient and rapid scale-up of products. This project seeks to establish repeatable standards that will allow magneto-electrochemistry applications to be accurately measured and analysed, accelerating the commercialisation of magneto-enhancement products.