Stellantis warns rules of origin threaten production and raise logistics costs

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Stellantis, which has manufacturing plants in Luton and Ellesmere Port, said competitiveness in the UK needs to be reinforced by establishing more battery production in the UK

Stellantis told the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy that if is unable to rely on sufficient UK or European batteries it will be at major competitive disadvantage, in particular against Asian imports, specifically those from South Korea, Japan and China

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