This week’s announcement of plans to close a Vauxhall van factory in Luton underlines the UK’s ongoing struggle with the transition to electric vehicles (EVs).
Experts say that EV uptake isn’t keeping up with the government’s plan for UK manufacturers to sell only zero-emission vehicles by 2030. Stellantis, which owns Vauxhall and several other car brands, blamed its decision to close the Luton factory “on the UK’s ‘stringent’ zero-emission vehicle mandate, sparking a row over the viability of Labour targets”, said Yahoo News UK.
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