UK car industry future hinges 'not on Brexit, but on batteries'

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Jaguar Land Rover boss says UK needs batteries made in Britain, or carmakers will leave

The feeling of relief in the British car industry was almost palpable on Friday, when Jaguar Land Rover said it would invest billions in producing new electric vehicles in the UK. After the recent closure of two other UK automotive factories in five months – Honda in Swindon and Ford in Bridgend – JLR boss Ralf Speth was clearly pleased to have good news for the 2,500 workers at the Castle Bromwich plant.

 

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Daft. Batteries are a global issue and China is make or break for electric cars. Europe peripheral, UK peripheral to Europe.

batteriesnotbrexit

Britain has had the best engineers for years so hopefully as electric car production increases then manufacturing batteries for electric cars should be made in Britain and not imported from other countries.

So why is every idiot blaming the downturn in dirty manufacturing industry on BrExit?

Which is a real shame that Bolivians aren't likely to benefit from this projection.

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