Vauxhall plant future in the balance as government guarantee sought

Vauxhall plant future in the balance as government guarantee sought

The fate of the Vauxhall plant at Ellesmere Port remains in doubt after its parent company confirmed that it would not invest in building a new model at the site without guaranteed support from the government.The Stellantis group, which owns Vauxhall, is currently considering whether to commit to building a new electric vehicle at the factory in Cheshire.

In January chief executive Carlos Tavares described Boris Johnson's commitment to ban new internal combustion engine vehicles from 2030 as "brutal", and said it could destroy the plant's business model.

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A deal on the plant's future is not expected to be imminent



Stellantis says it expects to reach a "binding agreement" with the government, but if it cannot secure government incentives for an electric model, as well as guarantees over the post-Brexit complexities of trading batteries, it