Govt considering issuing 5,000 temporary visas to EU tanker drivers as Brits panic buying worsens fuel supply situation.
Moving cars across The Channel is more complicated and expensive since Britain left the EU
Nissan recently decided against building the electric Ariya in the UK
Bentley has been stockpiling parts to prepare itself for a no-deal Brexit on January 1st
JLR has had stop production at Castle Bromwich on XE and XF lines
Congestion at UK ports has caused a transport-related parts delay for Honda
While current Bentley models will continue to be built in the UK, production on future cars could be moved
Their solution is to keep cross-border trading tariff-free and with no bureaucracy
Britain wants to encourage sales of electric cars if it is to successfully enforce a ban on all ICE models by 2035
Cars imported to the UK will maintain a 10% tariff starting January 2021
The head of the PSA group, Carlos Tavares, thinks “pragmatists” aren’t interest in electric cars
Tariffs could force Nissan to cut its European production and focus on its Sunderland plant
BMW’s UK plant in Oxford could lose part of the production to the Born factory in the Netherlands
Worryingly, car production in the UK has gone down in 17 of the last 18 months
Analysts say that annual car production output for the UK could plummet to as little as one million units by 2024
Although the UK was their first choice, the uncertainty over Brexit forced Tesla to change their plans
Nissan issues yet another warning against UK leaving the EU without a trade deal
Having already cancelled the X-Trail, and with Infiniti out of the picture, a no-deal Brexit would make the case for retaining the Sunderland plant even more difficult
