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Fake it till you make it has been the guiding maxim of British government policy for national renewal since Brexit.
David Bailey looks at the implications of BMW’s decision to stop producing the electric MINI at its Oxford plant and sets out what the decisions tells us about the UK automotive industry post-Brexit.
Brexiteer Lord David Frost predicts cars will soon be banned. He’s just as accurate as ever
02/08/2022
he man who wants to rip up his own deal with Europe is wrong about our absolute right to drive. / Lord Frost, negotiator of the disastrous 2019 Brexit withdrawal agreement, is now turning his dubious capacity for foresight to the future of the car.
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders cuts 2021 forecast after 35.5% year-on-year decline
Brexit deal means from 2024 batteries not containing 50% local materials face EU tariffs.
Brexit risk dashes Sunderland plant's hopes of producing new model for export.
The carmaker’s chief executive said that future spending was dependent on post-Brexit trading conditions.
Tariff hit for electric vehicles likely to be £2,800 per car, with risks to UK’s net zero plans.
This could hamper the UK’s ambition to be a global leader in zero-emission vehicle development, production and employment.
The European Union is about to formally reject a UK plea for special allowances for exports of electric cars in a post-Brexit trade deal.
Even if Brexit deal is reached, decision means vehicles without enough British components will attract tariffs.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has blamed Brexit as the reason why the firm chose Germany rather than Britain as the country to launch its new Gigafactory.
Musk says uncertainty over future ruled UK out of running for new facility.
Tesla Gigafactory Europe to be built in Germany, not UK, as Elon Musk blames Brexit uncertainty
14/11/2019
Brand's European factory will be built near Berlin and produce the Model Y SUV, with Tesla R&D centre in Germany, too.
Electric cars are the future, and Britain should be uniquely well-placed to manufacture them. But the Brexit purists don’t care about that – or the jobs and investment that’ll be lost.
'Brexit made it too risky to put a Gigafactory in the UK'
The new law protects vulnerable road users and comes into force on Monday.
Ford has been stockpiling vehicles in the UK and moving engines in to Europe in advance of a hard Brexit.
Senior figures at Honda told workers at the plant that robot technology to build electric cars was being delivered by boat, before the sudden announcement last week that the plant will close.
Production of electric and hybrid cars will not be introduced to Ellesmere Port until the outcome of Brexit is decided, Vauxhall's parent company has warned.