Aggressive sales targets were meant to give the UK a head start on EVs, but that hasn’t panned out What is the future for volume car manufacturing in the UK? Toyota, BMW (via Mini) and Nissan are in a tricky situation right now. As in Germany, build costs are high compared with eastern Europe or China, meaning margins are tight. For BMW and Toyota the decision now is whether or not to spend big to adapt the factories to EVs, as Nissan has already done in Sunderland and JLR has in Halewood and Solihull. Electric is clearly the way forward, but how fast and from where to source is giving…
ZEV mandate review could give a hybrid lifeline to UK car factories
