Ford and JLR have joined in, but the stories I'm reading are a little different to the inference of the thread title. The new rules will impact on EU manufacturers equally.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/oth...p&cvid=65e9a9091a5f4375bb86bbdee7541497&ei=48
Current post-Brexit rules require 40% of an electric vehicle’s parts by value to be sourced in the UK or EU if it is to be sold on the other side of the Channel without a 10% trade tariff.
This proportion is due to rise to 45% next year, and because most electric vehicle batteries are still imported from Asia, and batteries make up a large part of the cost of building a car, vehicles made in the UK and the EU are likely to fall foul of the rules.
Stellantis warned on Wednesday that without a rethink, it could be forced to shut some of its UK operations, putting jobs at risk in an industry that employs 800,000 people in Britain.
Ford, which makes electric cars in Germany and parts in the UK, said on Thursday the requirement would add “pointless cost to customers wanting to go green”. A spokesperson said: “Tariffs will hit both UK- and EU-based manufacturers, so it is vital that the UK and EU come to the table to agree a solution.”
Jaguar Land Rover, the UK’s largest automotive employer, joined the chorus, describing the current timing as “unrealistic and counterproductive”, and calling on the UK and EU to “quickly agree a better implementation solution to avoid destabilising the industry’s transition to clean mobility.”
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/oth...p&cvid=65e9a9091a5f4375bb86bbdee7541497&ei=48
Current post-Brexit rules require 40% of an electric vehicle’s parts by value to be sourced in the UK or EU if it is to be sold on the other side of the Channel without a 10% trade tariff.
This proportion is due to rise to 45% next year, and because most electric vehicle batteries are still imported from Asia, and batteries make up a large part of the cost of building a car, vehicles made in the UK and the EU are likely to fall foul of the rules.
Stellantis warned on Wednesday that without a rethink, it could be forced to shut some of its UK operations, putting jobs at risk in an industry that employs 800,000 people in Britain.
Ford, which makes electric cars in Germany and parts in the UK, said on Thursday the requirement would add “pointless cost to customers wanting to go green”. A spokesperson said: “Tariffs will hit both UK- and EU-based manufacturers, so it is vital that the UK and EU come to the table to agree a solution.”
Jaguar Land Rover, the UK’s largest automotive employer, joined the chorus, describing the current timing as “unrealistic and counterproductive”, and calling on the UK and EU to “quickly agree a better implementation solution to avoid destabilising the industry’s transition to clean mobility.”
