A committee of MPs is told that the company will not be able to meet the terms of a trade without tariffs deadline and it should be pushed back to help the industry's electric vehicle efforts.
Stellantis called for that date to be extended to 2027 or"trade between the UK and EU would be subject to 10% tariffs", it said.
Efforts to bolster domestic battery production were badly damaged early this year when the start-up Britishvolt collapsed but was subsequently rescued.The Reuters news agency subsequently reported remarks by Stellantis chief executive Carlos Tavares that the UK car industry would be"in trouble" without UK-made batteries.
"Manufacturers will not continue to invest and relocate manufacturing operations outside of UK, as seen with previously established UK manufacturers such as Ford and Mini."being offered to manufacturers by the US government,
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