Car bosses are calling on Boris to “go full throttle” to stimulate the British automotive industry

Automakers today called on the government to “go full throttle” to stimulate the UK auto industry after Brexit – and released a 12-point plan to revive UK auto production and create up to 40,000 new jobs.

That includes making 2.3 million public charging points available by the end of the decade so that motorists can actually charge the electric vehicles ministers are asking.

It states that helping the UK auto industry with his “leveling” agenda will help the UK prosper beyond the confines of the M25 London Orbital by creating the economic conditions in which to compete against competition from the continent.

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Emphasizing that the move to electrified vehicles is “the biggest challenge facing the sector”, by 2030 there will be 2.3 million charging points, 60 GWh Gigafactory capacity (which will in some ways meet an anticipated announcement from Nissan) and a “Build “Called Back Better Fund” to increase productivity.

And alluding to the prospect that “pay as you drive” road tolls will replace traditional fuel taxes at the pumps and CO2-linked vehicle excise tax, she calls on ministers to commission an independent review to examine the long-term future of fuel Customs and road tax in a “decarbonized” sector with electric cars.

Bosses emphasized: ‘The industry has the potential to create 40,000 jobs in this decade.’

However, if ministers fail to act, the UK could remain “stranded” in the “worst case” scenario, face a “stormy decline” and lose 90,000 jobs, mostly outside London and in the South East.

The message was conveyed by heads of the automotive industry at the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders’ annual International Automobile Summit in London, attended by Economy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng and his opposition colleague Ed Miliband.

The meeting was also attended by a number of industry leaders, including Thierry Bolloré, CEO of the UK’s largest automobile manufacturer. Jaguar Land Rover.

This SMMT infographic was released this morning and shows the importance of the automotive industry to the UK economy

The framework for the summit was set on Monday with reports that Nissan is ready to confirm plans for a giant battery gigafactory near its Sunderland, northeast England facility, where the all-electric Nissan Leaf and Qashqai SUV are being built.

The plant would create around 2,000 new jobs to supply batteries for the Japanese company’s electrified vehicles.

Both the BBC and Sky News suggested the automaker will make an announcement this week – possibly by Thursday – after it was announced earlier this month that the government is holding talks with six different companies – including Nissan – to build battery production facilities in Britain leads.

SMMT boss Mike Hawes described the upcoming announcement from Nissan as “extremely good news”.

“It’s a vote of confidence, but we need a lot more,” he added.

It was reported on Monday that Nissan will announce this week that it intends to build a state-of-the-art battery giant factory in northeast England by 2024

The new facility will likely be located near Nissan’s Sunderland facility to power it with batteries for EVs – like the Leaf – that are manufactured there. Nissan plans to build around 200,000 electric cars a year in the UK