UK car output falls in H1 but EVs offer promise

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The shortage in the supply of key components, including semiconductors, along with other supply chain disruption has hit UK passenger car production in the first half of 2022

According to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), passenger car manufacturing in the UK fell by -19.2% in the first half of 2022, with just more than 403,000 vehicles produced. However, BEV production increased by 6.5% to around 32,300 units over the same period. That was helped by record 44% increase in the production of zero-emission vehicles in June.

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