Britishvolt CEO resigns

UK EV battery startup Britishvolt had announced the resignation of co-founder and CEO Orral Nadjari.

A previous co-founder, Britishvolt chairman  Lars Carlstrom, resigned in 2020 after it was found he had a tax fraud conviction in Sweden.

Deputy CEO Graham Hoare will become acting CEO.

Britishvolt has just been granted £100 million by the governments Automotive Transformation Fund.



The company is said to have had pledges of funding worth $2 billion but has only raised £200 million in cash.

A proposed £1.7 billion deal with investment fund Abrdn and real estate company Tritax to fund the construction of a factory in Blyth Northumberland is not yet thought have been finalised.


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