Ministers: UK Car Sector Depends on Incentivised EV Battery Production

The UK is falling behind on domestic manufacturing of EV batteries, compared to China, Europe and North America.

A Volvo XC60 hybrid car is seen plugged into a charging point outside a Volvo dealership in Reading, west of London, on March 2, 2021. Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images

The government should incentivise domestic production of electric vehicle (EV) batteries and secure investments in gigafactories to develop the automotive industry, ministers have said.

A report by the cross-party Business and Trade Committee said that building gigafactories in the UK is critical to making sure it’s an attractive place to manufacture electric vehicles.