The unsurprising collapse of Britishvolt, and the total lack of strategy or investment in batteries, will be the final nail in the coffin for the car industry.

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.

'Brexit made it too risky to put a Gigafactory in the UK'

Although the UK was their first choice, the uncertainty over Brexit forced Tesla to change their plans.

Musk says uncertainty over future ruled UK out of running for new facility.

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.