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U.K. Dodges Brexit Auto Disaster as Vauxhall Plant Goes Electric
- Stellantis Ellesmere Port factory to make battery-powered vans
- Investment secures future for factory after years of anguish
The Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port, U.K.
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Stellantis NV will convert its lone U.K. car factory to make electric vans, ending months of anguish at an almost 60-year-old plant threatened by the economic fallout from Brexit.
The automaker will spend 100 million pounds ($138 million) retooling its Ellesmere Port plant near Liverpool, which employs roughly 1,000 people. Production of Vauxhall and Opel Astras will end early next year, and output of Vauxhall, Opel, Peugeot and Citroen vans will begin by the end of 2022.