notes were marked without his consent. and in the skies above lincolnshire a lancaster bomber marks the 80th anniversary of the famous dambuster raids. on bbc london. the large sinkhole that s appeared in a field near amersham above a tunnel being built for the h52 high speed rail line. some campaigners want work to stop. good evening. we start tonight with the news that the manufacturers of vauxhall vehicles in the uk have urged the government to renegotiate part of the brexit trade agreement or run the risk of making the business unsustainable. stellantis, one of the world s biggest car manufacturers, whose business includes vauxhall, peugeot, citroen, and fiat, says its concerns are related to electric vehicles. stellantis says the conditions of the brexit free trade deal signed in 2020 are no longer achievable, given the surge in the cost of raw materials, and the prospect of tariffs between the uk and the eu would make exports uncompetitive. our economics editor fais
the content of locally produced material needs to increase at the beginning of 2024 and the battery industry has not been able to keep pace with the level of demand for batteries so there is the real threat of the application of tariffs from the 1st of january next year. nobody wants this, government in the uk, governments in europe, they do not want the application of tariffs, the very vehicles they are trying to encourage the sale of. in a submission encourage the sale of. in a submission to encourage the sale of. in a submission to a encourage the sale of. in a submission to a commons| encourage the sale of. in a submission to a commons inquiry seen by bbc news, stellantis wrote says their vehicles will have too much non european content to qualify under the terms of the deal signed by borisjohnson and they are planning for taxes on its exports known as tariffs. this is a threat to our export business and the sustainability of our uk manufacturing operations. it then went on t
january, and that makes their manufacturing uncompetitive, and it is notjust stellantis, this applies pretty much across the board in terms of the uk car manufacturing and it could also apply to european manufacturers, so there maybe a deal to be done for 2024 but the rules tighten even more in 2027 when we will need domestic uk car batteries in orderfor them to will need domestic uk car batteries in order for them to qualify but thatis in order for them to qualify but that is pretty unclear right now because we are struggling to get those, what is known as battery gigafactory is going. so this is happening against a backdrop of a war to get these factories up and running around the world, so a big concern from industry and an important industry of the future. thanks forjoining us. representatives from all parts of the food sector, including retailers, suppliers and farmers, have been to downing street to meet the prime minister with one item on the agenda the sharply rising cost of
notes were marked without his consent. and in the skies above lincolnshire a lancaster bomber marks the 80th anniversary of the famous dambuster raids. on bbc london. the large sinkhole that s appeared in a field near amersham above a tunnel being built for the h52 high speed rail line. some campaigners want work to stop. good evening. we start tonight with the news that the manufacturers of vauxhall vehicles in the uk have urged the government to renegotiate part of the brexit trade agreement or run the risk of making the business unsustainable. stellantis, one of the world s biggest car manufacturers, whose business includes vauxhall, peugeot, citroen, and fiat,
says its concerns are related to electric vehicles. stellantis says the conditions of the brexit free trade deal signed in 2020 are no longer achievable, given the surge in the cost of raw materials, and the prospect of tariffs between the uk and the eu would make exports uncompetitive. our economics editor faisal islam has the story. electric faisal islam has the story. vehicle manufacturing is supposed electric vehicle manufacturing is supposed to be the future of the car industry, replacing these conventional cars but also our green economic future, so no surprise at the relief in government when the owner of vauxhall, stellantis, secured the future of its factories in the uk 16 months ago but that was dependent on the cards being eligible for the post breaks uk eu trade deal, and today it emerged the company has said its british exports will not qualify. post brexit. what we saw with the brexit deal was