become could the uk s richest man own manchester united? andy murray powers to victory for his match at the australian open. it and coming up on the bbc news channel: harvey elliot s on target, but can liverpool seal their spot in the next round of the fa cup, with a win over wolves in their replay? good evening. the electric car battery company britishvolt has collapsed making most of its 300 staff redundant and putting the future of the uk s electric car making industry into serious jeopardy. the company had been planning to build a giant battery making factory in northumberland it was to be a vital part for britain s electric car industry with petrol and diesel engines being phased out by 2030. britishvolt had planned to make around 300,000 batteries a year to power around of a quarter of electric vehicles on the british market. but it has collapsed after months of trouble as it struggled to raise enough money to stay afloat.
look. i think one of the things that we re going to have to look at for the future is inshore a good thing. we have the strategic petroleum reserve through this period and once we talked about resilience people were putting a lot of emphasis on relocating and production here and certainly in some sectors that is going to be appropriate. but i think that we also need to think about reserves and inventories like that strategic petroleum reserve whether it is the capacity for masks when there s pandemics. and ample supplies of syringes or whether it is stockpiles of lithium when that becomes a key input to the electric car industry. i think this whole question of resilience which is not just about where production is located but is about diversification and is about
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