Mobility & Transport Technology in the UK
Automotive and mobility capability concentrates in the West Midlands, the North West, the North East battery corridor and the Central Belt.
See this on the map →- Companies
- 10
- Investors
- Coverage expanding
- Universities
- 2
- Research centres
- 1
- Facilities
- 2
UKIZ has not yet mapped enough of this category to draw a conclusion. A low count here describes the directory, not the country.
Where UK strength is concentrated
Major clusters
- Birmingham & the West Midlands
Automotive, batteries, quantum sensing and a deep manufacturing supply chain
- Newcastle & the North East
Batteries, offshore energy, ageing research and subsea engineering
- Nottingham & Derby
Aerospace propulsion, rail engineering and sustainable chemistry
Emerging & supporting clusters
- Sheffield & Rotherham
Applied manufacturing research at a scale few countries have
Research, infrastructure and capital
Universities & research
Automotive research centres, battery research facilities and connected vehicle testbeds.
Investment
Corporate investment, supply chain finance and public co-investment in electrification.
Government support
Automotive and battery supply chains feature in Investment Zone and Freeport priorities.
Organisations working in this area
Connected Places Catapult
Catapult centres · london
University of Birmingham
Universities · birmingham
University of Warwick
Universities · birmingham
WMG
Research institutes · birmingham
UK Battery Industrialisation Centre
Specialist facilities · birmingham
West Midlands Investment Zone
Government programmes · birmingham
North East Investment Zone
Government programmes · north east
Solent Freeport
Government programmes · southampton portsmouth
East Midlands Investment Zone
Government programmes · nottingham derby
East Midlands Freeport
Government programmes · nottingham derby
UKIZ perspective
Research centres (1)
- Connected Places Catapult
London
- WMG
Birmingham & the West Midlands
Infrastructure (2)
- Connected Places Catapult
London
- UK Battery Industrialisation Centre
Birmingham & the West Midlands
Accelerators (Coverage expanding)
- Coverage expanding — no accelerator mapped here yet.
Electrification changes who owns the value in a vehicle. UKIZ proposes organising around battery, power electronics and software capability.
Ecosystem directory
Who funds, builds and researches this in Britain.
Investors (Coverage expanding)
- Coverage expanding — no investor mapped here yet.
Companies (10)
- Nyobolt
Cambridge · Scale-up
- Oxa
Oxford · Scale-up
- Wayve
London · Scale-up
- Vertical Aerospace
Bristol & Bath · Scale-up
- Auto Trader
Manchester · Established company
- Nissan Sunderland Plant
Newcastle & the North East · Large corporate
- AESC UK
Newcastle & the North East · Large corporate
- Rolls-Royce, Derby
Nottingham & Derby · Large corporate
- Toyota Manufacturing UK, Burnaston
Nottingham & Derby · Large corporate
- JLR
Birmingham & the West Midlands · Large corporate
Universities (2)
- University of Birmingham
Birmingham & the West Midlands
- University of Warwick
Birmingham & the West Midlands
Directory last verified: 15 August 2026
Proposed by UKIZ · independent · not a government designation
Sources
- Department for Science, Innovation & Technology — UK Innovation Clusters Map
- UK Research and Innovation — Research and innovation infrastructure, centres, institutes and Catapults
- Catapult Network — Catapult centres and specialisms
- GOV.UK — Investment Zones, Freeports and AI Growth Zones