Evtec Automotive Invests 25 Years Making Each Component

Evtec Automotive, an electric vehicle-focused automotive parts supply specialist, has revealed the logistical requirements of supporting a typical vehicle lifecycle of 25 years. Manufacturers’ need for components typically begins at least two full years before Job 1, the first vehicle to come down the production line.

Following the vehicle launch, components are required for both vehicle production and aftermarket sales – where dealerships and independent garages need spare parts for vehicle repair and maintenance. A vehicle is typically supported with spare parts and tooling for 15 years after the production run ends.

Evtec, the recently formed Coventry-based Tier 1 supplier, makes car parts for many of the major UK players with a clear focus on supporting the growing electric vehicle sector. Relaunched under new management in 2021, Chairperson David Roberts brings an ethical, sustainable approach to the business. Evtec produces over 250,000 individual components per month across 156 live production assemblies and 450 aftermarket kits.

Available to build from stock and in the supply chain, ready to be called back into production at any time, are a further 700 assemblies. Each subassembly can have long and complex bills of materials sourced from suppliers worldwide.

They also often require complex tooling bespoke to each vehicle part. Battery cooling systems, for example, demand millimetre-perfect pipework that twists and threads its way through the vehicles’ neatly packaged powertrain.

Kevin Hubbard, Managing Director Evtec Automotive “We are immensely proud of our ability to support a vehicle’s full 25-year product lifecycle, from inception to production and through to supplying the crucial aftermarket phase. This is a testament to our team at Evtec and our supply chain”. He continued, “We are building a competent team with purpose, and that is our ethos. We are employing more people with barriers to work, including disabilities. We value everybody’s unique skillset, driving profit to create social value and improving the planet for our children and grandchildren. It can’t get any better.”

Evtec’s 80,000 sq. ft plant has long employed disabled people. Originally it was part of Remploy, a scheme formerly sponsored by the Department of Work and Pensions. It was dedicated to using disabled people in an environment ‘sheltered’ from the competitive pressures of the open employment market.

Evtec Group have built on this model and grown the business in a competitive climate employing people with barriers to traditional work environments.

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