Car manufacturing in the UK stalled dramatically last year. The head of the industry trade body described the situation as the “toughest in decades”, and the numbers certainly back up his claim. The latest car registration figures show that 2021 was up just 1% on a COVID-ravaged 2020 – and production actually went into reverse gear. In November 2021, UK car production dropped by almost 29%, the fifth consecutive month of output falling, and the worst since the mid-1980s. October’s figures had been the worst since the 1950s. Overall, car making up to November 2021 was 6.2% below that of 2020, with 797,261 cars made…This story continues at The Next Web https://thenextweb.com/news/uk-needs-to-step-up-ev-battery-production-to-compete-with-eu-syndication
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