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This would ensure all drivers – especially those without driveways – have the confidence to invest in the latest zero emission technologies, investment that will not just support a healthy domestic vehicle market, but which will underpin mass market automotive manufacturing in the UK and help deliver the country’s climate change and air quality goals. These ‘gigafactories’ would give British manufacturers the capability to produce up to one million electric vehicles a year and ensure tariff free access to critical markets in the EU.įinally, to support market transition, the report calls for the installation of at least 2.3 million charging points nationwide before the end of the decade. Government is already working with industry to attract additional battery manufacturing to the UK but the report calls for a binding target of 60 GWh of battery capacity be built by 2030. The shift to electrified vehicles is the biggest challenge facing the sector. Visit ‘Full Throttle: Interactive Website

Most importantly, the fund will help the sector transition to Net Zero and transform our existing manufacturing and supply-chain.ĭownload ‘Full Throttle: Driving UK Automotive Competitivenessĭownload ‘Full Throttle: Executive Summary

The strategy calls for a new ‘Build Back Better Fund’ to support industry transformation, not just in automotive but across other manufacturing sectors, to revolutionise production lines and overcome some of the areas where the UK lags in cost competitiveness or strategic support – from skills to energy costs. The UK industry has many strengths – the diversity of its companies, its engineering excellence, innovation, a highly skilled workforce and the strength of the UK market, but the global industry is fiercely competitive, and weaknesses must be addressed if its long term success – and the benefits that come with it – are to be assured. ‘Full Throttle: Driving UK Automotive Competitiveness’, is a new report launched to secure the future of one of Britain’s most important industries.Ĭommissioned by SMMT and written by Public First, the strategy sets out a series of bold policy proposals for this coming year and remainder of the decade, covering all aspects essential to automotive industry competitiveness.