Vauxhall proprietor to shut Luton plant

The proprietor of Vauxhall has introduced it’ll shut its van making manufacturing unit in Luton, placing about 1,100 jobs in danger.

Stellantis, which additionally owns manufacturers together with Citroen, Peugeot and Fiat, stated it might consolidate its electrical van manufacturing at its different UK plant in Ellesmere Port.

The choice comes after the corporate warned in June it could halt UK manufacturing until the federal government did extra to spice up demand for electrical automobiles.

There are rising considerations amongst automobile producers that guidelines designed to hurry up the transition to electrical are too harsh.