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The decline in export and winding of the production of older car models noted that the production of vehicles in the UK fell by almost 12 percent last year, at the worst annual cram from the Coidd-19 pandemia.
The production of car in British plants fell below 1 MN of vehicles, hitting 905,233 models, showing the figures of the company manufacturers and traders published on Thursday.
The fall came on the back of low exports to Europe while car manufacturers fought with sales slowdown electric vehicles in key markets like Germany and France.
Nissan and Jaguar Land Rover – Two largest British car manufacturers – they also stopped the production of several models such as Leaf EV and Jaguar Xe while preparing to launch a new EV range.
“In the midst of significant geopolitical and trade tensions, the Genth -Britain manufacturers have been set to convert billion pounds of investment into real reality,” said Mike Hawes, executive director of SMMT. “Growing pain is inevitable.”
The production of EVS and Plug-in hybrids last year fell by 20.4 percent, but it still made up just over a third of all the vehicles produced. SMMT said this fall was temporarily, which indicated £ 23.4 billion in new investments announced in the last two years to remodel the plants for electric shift.
Some industry executives have described the British market as a “safe haven”, and the EU and now impose larger tariffs against imports of Chinese electric vehicles.
Exports in the EU dropped 24.3 percent and Chinese exports fell 21.8 percent, while those in the US rose 38.5 percent.
But the UK faced their own challenges because car manufacturers fought to meet the heavy goals of EV sales in the country.
Stellantis said last year that the cost of respecting the Government “term for zero show” partly behind his decision to close his Luton Van factory, which risually brought 1,100 jobs.
Ford also blamed his mandate for reducing 800 roles in the UK last year in the wider European restructuring, while Nissan warned his jobs at his Sunderland factory, the largest in Britain, could be at risk unless the government relaxed its rules.
The scheme requires a certain percentage of annual sales of each car manufacturer, and the percentage increases annually from 28 percent this year to 80 percent in 2030. Companies are facing a fine of £ 15,000 for each missed vehicle.
The production of cars in the UK reached the highlight of more than 1.6 mn before voting in Brexit 2016, and the British plants are now capable of manufacturing 1.1 million vehicles a year after the SWINDON HONDINA HONDINA Factory Close, and JLR said it would stop manufacturing vehicles in Castle Bromwich, Solihull.
