Welp, maybe Spain shouldn’t had been arrogant enough to think they can survive without the EU.
one of the first large scale tidal energy projects will likely be built near there in future so that site is a good location
Great news! 🙂
EZ import tax for the EU.
I’ve just made off with a bootful of parts, but it’s OK because I have a Jaaaaaag.
^^^^^^^^^despite
Lots of efforts by the EU to up the danger status on Lithium. Would not be surprised this is a big reason to start this plant in the UK.
People are way too satisfied with themselves. The UK is not even in the same league as France or Germany or Sweden when it comes to battery manufacturing. Thank god they are shelling millions for some breadcrumbs. Remember Britishvolt?
Why do people seem really annoyed about this!? This is good news isn’t it?
> Some industry insiders hope that the Tata battery investment will open the door to further battery investments in the UK, which currently only has one plant in operation next to Nissan’s Sunderland factory, and one barely on the drawing board in Northumberland.
> By contrast the EU has 35 plants open, under construction or planned.
So that means the UK has 2 open, under construction or planned. The EU has 1.3 per country.
Yes, I know that’s a nonsense comparison, but so’s the original quote.
Lots of talk around subsidies, but with pretty much the entire world offering they’re not really the key.
What does make sense, is to keep supply chains as short as possible, so the UK fits well.
A week of good economic news from the UK.
I mean, JLR car plant is in the UK. Let’s face it, they never intended to set up the battery plant anywhere else, it would be highly uneconomical given the weight of those battery packs. Very astute of the company to use the threat in order to get the british taxpayer to foot the bill.
🙁
12% unemployment
But Brexit ruined the UK!?!
yay, things aren’t totally over for us yet
Why would they pick Spain? A host of unskilled labour with the talented people leaving the country for better prospects.
Although if salaries were better I can’t think of many places better than the south of Spain …
Jaguar picks UK for its next battery factory? I don’t believe it!
> Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC is the holding company of Jaguar Land Rover Limited, also known as JLR, and is a **British** multinational automobile manufacturer
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Oh yes, the famous british manufacturing https://youtu.be/1EBfxjSFAxQ?t=57
Welp, maybe Spain shouldn’t had been arrogant enough to think they can survive without the EU.
one of the first large scale tidal energy projects will likely be built near there in future so that site is a good location
Great news! 🙂
EZ import tax for the EU.
I’ve just made off with a bootful of parts, but it’s OK because I have a Jaaaaaag.
^^^^^^^^^despite
Lots of efforts by the EU to up the danger status on Lithium. Would not be surprised this is a big reason to start this plant in the UK.
People are way too satisfied with themselves. The UK is not even in the same league as France or Germany or Sweden when it comes to battery manufacturing. Thank god they are shelling millions for some breadcrumbs. Remember Britishvolt?
Why do people seem really annoyed about this!? This is good news isn’t it?
> Some industry insiders hope that the Tata battery investment will open the door to further battery investments in the UK, which currently only has one plant in operation next to Nissan’s Sunderland factory, and one barely on the drawing board in Northumberland.
> By contrast the EU has 35 plants open, under construction or planned.
So that means the UK has 2 open, under construction or planned. The EU has 1.3 per country.
Yes, I know that’s a nonsense comparison, but so’s the original quote.
Lots of talk around subsidies, but with pretty much the entire world offering they’re not really the key.
What does make sense, is to keep supply chains as short as possible, so the UK fits well.
A week of good economic news from the UK.
I mean, JLR car plant is in the UK. Let’s face it, they never intended to set up the battery plant anywhere else, it would be highly uneconomical given the weight of those battery packs. Very astute of the company to use the threat in order to get the british taxpayer to foot the bill.
🙁
12% unemployment
But Brexit ruined the UK!?!
yay, things aren’t totally over for us yet
Why would they pick Spain? A host of unskilled labour with the talented people leaving the country for better prospects.
Although if salaries were better I can’t think of many places better than the south of Spain …
Another slow clap to the brexit wankers
Yesss. We had the [world’s first coal powered electrical plant](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal-fired_power_station), and the [world’s first nuclear power plant](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_plant). If we could just do something about the [3.3 billion in profits](https://www.reuters.com/article/centrica-results-idAFL4N34W1NX) and the [5.5 million in bonus for CEOs](https://www.reuters.com/article/centrica-ceo-idAFL1N35U0WM) that would be pride worthy and fair.
Jaguar picks UK for its next battery factory? I don’t believe it!
> Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC is the holding company of Jaguar Land Rover Limited, also known as JLR, and is a **British** multinational automobile manufacturer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_Land_Rover
Oh, wait!