Labour says it would create more than 80,000 jobs in the industry by helping the creation of gigafactories for the electric vehicle industry.
The party said its plans to part-finance eight gigafactories would help create 80,000 jobs around the UK and power nearly two million electric vehicles. Labour said its plans would create 28,000 jobs in the West Midlands, 11,000 jobs in the North West, 6,500 in the North East and 4,500 in Wales.
The UK currently has only one gigafactory, the Envision AESC plant next to the Nissan factory in Sunderland. Plans for the second gigafactory - the Britishvolt plant at Cambois, Northumberland - fell apart earlier this year after the company behind the project ran out of money. Britishvolt has since been sold to Australian firm Recharge Industries, which is trying to revive the 3,000-job, £4bn project.
