Motor industry warns of imminent supply chain disruption over UK–EU battery rules
Following recent European trade negotiations, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders warns that diverging UK and EU electric vehicle battery rules could severely disrupt domestic production and raise export costs for British plants.
Two generic officials, consulting books labelled ‘UK battery rules’ and ‘EU battery rules’, pull opposite ends of a chain attached to an electric-car battery trolley. A worried factory technician steadies the battery beneath an unfinished car. The chain is taut but unbroken: a visual warning about threatened production disruption.
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