UK's EV Dreams Stall as Reality Bites Back The UK's largest electric vehicle battery gigafactory has put its expansion plans on hold due to stalled talks with Jaguar Land Rover.
AESC, the Chinese owned company behind the Sunderland facility, has delayed ramp up plans due to lower than expected demand from Nissan and a lack of agreement with JLR.
The slowdown in the transition to electric vehicles is not isolated to the UK. Car manufacturers have scaled back ambitious electrification targets as demand has not risen as quickly as expected.