(Finance) – Stellantis has announced that it will close its van factory Luton to concentrate production at the other British plant in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. The group explained that the decision was partly driven by the London government’s desire to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles In the United Kingdom.
The new Labor government in fact, he also reiterated last week during a meeting with representatives of the British automotive industry that the objective of bringing forward the stop on the sale of internal combustion vehicles to 2030, currently set for 2035, remains unchanged.
Closing is scheduled for spring 2025. They are at risk 1,100 workers employed in the north London factory. The brand’s plant currently produces petrol and diesel vans. In February 2024 Stellantis announced that starting next year it would start production of the electric van medium sized Vivaro. The production of vans with internal combustion engines will instead be transferred to France.
Stellantis explained that the closure of the Luton factory “could contribute to greater production efficiency”, adding that hundreds of jobs would be created in Ellesmere Port and that it would be supplied assistance to workers who will agree to move to the factory in Cheshire.
The factory would have celebrated i in 2025 120 years of activity.