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Electric car rules could cost carmakers billions (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by MDZA@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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The European Commision's stance on this is baffling to me. It seems like both the EU and UK motor industry would be big losers under the current arrangement.

I get the EC may not have the most favourable view of the UK right now, but does it make sense to handicap their own manufacturers for a few political brownie points?

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[–] tal@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It seems like both the EU and UK motor industry would be big losers under the current arrangement.

I mean, that was, if more generally, an issue kind of raised during Brexit campaigning and negotiations. That cross-Channel supply chains were going to be messed up and that this would impact automakers.