Automotive Battery Manufacturers - 21st September 2021

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Automotive Battery Manufacturers.

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11:47 Chi Onwurah (Labour)

The Prime Minister’s climate change spokeswoman recently announced that she would not be buying an electric car because of the lack of charging infrastructure and battery capacity. In 2018 the UK produced a quarter of Europe’s electric vehicles, but that is set to fall to just 4% by 2030. Motor manufacturers predict that tens of thousands of good jobs will be lost.

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