CAR magazine revealed that the upcoming Opel/Vauxhall Ampera (based on Astra's Delta platform) will imported from the U.S. for at least five years.
Partly, this is due to the low value of the dollar, making the U.S. an ideal site for the manufacturing of export cars. The European market also needs time to get its electricity recharge infrastructure in place before it is worth making cars onshore in volume, GM high-ups point out.
Confirmation of the late start for electric cars at Ellesmere Port raises fresh concerns about its status after the change of ownership from GM to the Canadian components company, Magna.
Magna wants at least 10,000 jobs to go. If the factory had already won the manufacturing contract for the world’s first long-distance 'all-electric' family car, its position would have been that much safer.
Source: CAR magazine
Partly, this is due to the low value of the dollar, making the U.S. an ideal site for the manufacturing of export cars. The European market also needs time to get its electricity recharge infrastructure in place before it is worth making cars onshore in volume, GM high-ups point out.
Confirmation of the late start for electric cars at Ellesmere Port raises fresh concerns about its status after the change of ownership from GM to the Canadian components company, Magna.
Magna wants at least 10,000 jobs to go. If the factory had already won the manufacturing contract for the world’s first long-distance 'all-electric' family car, its position would have been that much safer.
Source: CAR magazine
