E-Bikes Made in the UK

The Best Electric Bikes are Now Made in Milton Keynes!

For Volt’s London-based founding brothers, James and Lyle Metcalfe, it has been a long-term aspiration to on-shore and centralise the firms’ manufacturing process entirely to the UK. With an exit from the EU looming, and over ten years at the forefront of e-bike production, Volt’s new manufacturing base positions the brand for accelerated growth and reinforces its commitment to British manufacturing and high-quality production.

In Spring 2020 Volt moved into a new, purpose-built factory in Milton Keynes realising an expansion project years in the making. The move represents a significant investment by Volt in UK manufacturing, and centralises our production within a new facility that combines innovative automation with exceptional hand-craftsmanship.

Leading the E-Bike Revolution from Milton Keynes

Choosing to locate our new factory in Milton Keynes wasn’t a tough decision. With over 10,000 businesses (including many leading tech companies) and around 7.5 million people within an hours’ drive, there’s a fantastic pool of resource to help us expand as a ‘home soil’ manufacturer. In addition, our new factory is ideally located for distribution of our bikes throughout the UK, and is local to a number of large bicycle component distributors simplifying our production parts sourcing.

Volt Electric Bike Factory

At approximately 20,000 square feet, the new factory has the capacity to build up to 25,000 e-bikes per year and create 30 new jobs in the local area. The Milton Keynes location was selected due to its strong transportation links and position as a growing innovation hub.

Does the New Factory Change Anything to Volt’s Existing Services?

We are very proud to fully-commit Volt to the UK and excited to be part of British manufacturing’s resurgence. It has been a fantastic achievement to get the space up and running despite the added burden placed on our teams during the current COVID-19 restrictions. They have faced-up to the daunting challenge of adapting facilities and processes to ensure that we keep our people and customers safe, whilst realising our dream of delivering a cutting-edge e-bike factory. We are immensely proud, and it is testament to the superb team we have here at Volt.

In addition to an increased production capacity, the investment will enable Volt to have localised control of production, allowing them to operate more fluidly across the manufacturing cycle. With a proven track record in producing multi award-winning e-bikes, this move solidifies Volt’s position as a leading UK e-bike brand and innovator in the electric transport field.

Introducing Our New Milton Keynes E-bike Factory

In 2010 Volt started the hashtag #eBikeRevolution – 10 years on and the revolution is well and truly here!

We’re thrilled to announce that our new electric bike factory is now running as last weekend news of our opening went viral. Photos of our production lines and distribution areas spread across the papers and social media faster than toilet paper off supermarket shelves!

A Sneak Peek inside the Factory for ITV East Anglia

Since our last factory announcement post, the news has continued to spread across the country. You’ve seen the pictures, now get a tantalising sneak peek through the rolling cameras of ITV news…

“Electric Dreams” Volt E-bike Factory in Manufacturing Today

As news of our new Milton Keynes electric bike factory continues to spread, more articles and media features come to the surface. This week we’re sharing a great article in Manufacturing Today.

Well, we couldn’t have said it better ourselves! Norwich-based Manufacturing Today Magazine is a leading and global voice in manufacturing. A trade publication featuring and distributed to industry leaders in their fields. From aerospace engineering to consumer bioplastics, the broad range of topics is matched by a level of depth and understanding that only the industry experts who write for this publication can recognise and deliver. It’s a real honour and privilege to feature in such a globally respected magazine.

More E-bike Factory Footage Shared on BBC Look East

Volt Co-Founder James Metcalfe has been appearing onscreen again. This time James features on BBC’s Look East news programme. In a special report on recruitment, the broadcast sheds light on some of the unique challenges facing local employers at this time. With special footage from our new Milton Keynes e-bike factory and with Director James appearing via video link, he shares his thoughts on the current recruitment climate. Check out the edited clip here. For more information on our electric bike manufacturing process please visit our Factory page.

Manufacturing Management Mag Choose “One of UK’s leading startups” Volt for their cover story

Since the announcement over the summer of our new Milton Keynes electric bike factory, we’ve certainly seen a lot of media interest. This month we opened the warehouse doors to Manufacturing Management magazine. ‘MM’ is a publication that celebrates the best in UK manufacturing and has been doing so for seventy years now!

Volt’s New UK Factory on BBC Three Counties Radio

E-Bikes are certainly taking the world by storm right now, and the UK’s story is no different. We’ve seen a number of press appearances featuring our e-bikes in recent weeks (with a few more we’ve yet to share here). Last week saw a change from print features though as Volt Co-Founder James Metcalfe took to the airwaves.

Press & Media Appearances

Use the slider to check out some media highlights from the launch of our Milton Keynes factory. As a UK brand, Volt has always enjoyed good media coverage of our e-bikes. You can also see wider media coverage of us and our products in the Press and Video sections of our site.