UK AUTO SECTOR INSISTS IT HAS CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM DESPITE BREXIT AND COVID-19
June 2nd, 2020
The UK’s automotive sector is sufficiently "resilient, agile and competitive", the country’s Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT) said today (June 23), to ensure the double whammy of Covid-19 and Brexit do not cause permanent damage in UK motor manufacturing.
Speaking at the SMMT International Automotive Summit 2020, Mike Hawes, the SMMT chief executive said he was "not giving up" on what is a "fundamentally strong" sector, arguing it is set to be at the forefront of technological transformations in electrification and autonomous driving.
He ...
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