Regulation & Safety

Automakers invested billions in U.K. EV production, then ICE ban deadline shifted

Stellantis Ellesmere Port EV production 2023
Stellantis' Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port, England, will build only full-electric vehicles after an investment of 100 million pounds (123 million).
September 21, 2023 04:07 PM

The announcement by the British government that it would delay a ban on new gasoline and diesel cars and vans to 2035 from 2030 brought swift pushback from automakers, who have invested billions of pounds to build EVs in the U.K. on the assumption that they could not sell combustion cars after 2030.

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