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UK’s motor industry at risk of ‘mass exodus’ by car makers

The UK is at risk of becoming a footnote in the global motor industry’s shift to battery-powered vehicles, according to a report by Bloomberg UK, with the country facing a potentially disastrous lack of cell and pack factories needed by car manufacturers to support their transition away from the internal combustion engine.

In what could be a fresh blow to British car production, the report also states that Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is

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