Regulation & Safety

Brexit exposes UK auto sector's lack of electric-car batteries

Nissan Leaf Sunderland
Britain's battery manufacturing is limited to one site that feeds packs to Nissan Leaf electric hatchbacks. Pictured is Leaf production in Sunderland, England. (Matthew Walker)
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Bloomberg
January 06, 2021 08:44 AM

Britain must build up its electric-vehicle battery industry in the coming years or it will lose out to the European Union in the intensifying race to build plug-in cars, the country’s automotive trade group warned.

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