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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Lisa O'Carroll and Jasper Jolly

Why are leading carmakers urging UK to overhaul Brexit deal?

Cars parked at the Vauxhall factory in Ellesmere Port in 2020
Vehicles parked at Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port factory in Cheshire. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images

Three of the world’s largest carmakers have told the British government it needs to renegotiate its Brexit deal with the EU to change rules they say threaten UK electric vehicle production.

The Vauxhall maker, Stellantis, has warned it will be unable to keep its commitment to make electric vehicles in Britain without the changes, while Ford has called them a “pointless cost”. Jaguar Land Rover, the biggest UK automotive employer, also said the timing of new rules was “unrealistic”.

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