Tata Sons’ battery company, Agratas, has announced that it will own the intellectual property for batteries produced at its new plant in Somerset. The company intends to offer these batteries to other companies, in addition to Jaguar and Land Rover

JLR, the owner of Agratas, recently announced its plan to invest £4 billion in building a 40GWh plant in the West Country, with production expected to commence in 2026.

The main concern surrounding this investment, apart from the location, was the ownership of the cell chemistry. However, Tata has clarified that the formula will be owned by Agratas itself. Agratas is a newly established Tata battery company, responsible for manufacturing batteries in Somerset as well as in a previously announced plant in Gujarat, India.

“Agratas is an IP-heavy and capital-heavy company,” explained Pathamadai Balaji, the chief financial officer of Tata Motors, during the company’s investor day held at JLR’s headquarters in Gaydon in June.