Breakingviews - UK’s giga fail is economic not environmental

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Britishvolt has filed for administration, after struggling to raise funds. The collapse of a key battery manufacturer probably doesn’t compromise the government’s plan for the country to switch to electric vehicles. But it leaves a big question mark hanging over the domestic auto industry’s future.

. But boosting battery production for a domestic industry will be hard, given Britain’s lack of raw materials and trade barriers with Europe. Global carmakers are already voting with their feet: they have thus far only announced enough investment to produce 207,000 electric vehicles in the UK by 2030, according to consultancy

. Given that’s less than a fifth of 2019 production volumes, it doesn’t say much for the prospects of a UK sector that employs 180,000 people. UK payments star can keep defying fintech slump

 

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