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Huge fall in number of cars built in UK last year

Thursday briefing: Spectre of vaccine trade war between Britain and EU

Thursday briefing: Spectre of vaccine trade war between Britain and EU Warren Murray Top story: ‘We reject first come, first served’ © Photograph: Francisco Seco/AP People walk past the EU headquarters in Brussels. Hi, I’m Warren Murray and I am just going to leave this here. Britain is on a collision course with the European Union over vaccine shortages after Brussels refused to accept that people in the UK have first claim on Oxford/AstraZeneca doses produced in British plants. Stella Kyriakides, the EU’s health commissioner, said the UK should not earn any advantage from signing a contract with AstraZeneca early. “We reject the logic of first come, first served,” Kyriakides said. “That may work in a butcher’s shop but not in contracts and not in our advanced purchase agreements.” Peter Liese, an MEP from the German ruling party, foreshadowed a “trade war” if the EU found itself having to retaliate by blocking exports to the UK of t

Coronavirus digest: First Tokyo Olympics event postponed in Japan

The artistic swimming event was scheduled to take place from March 4-7 in Tokyo, but is now postponed to May. Meanwhile, Australia has extended a suspension of its travel bubble with New Zealand. Follow DW for latest.

Car production down 30% in 2020 but EV market share up

Car production down 30% in 2020 but EV market share up Share UK car production declined 29.3% in 2020, to 920,928 units, according to the latest figures issued today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). December output was down 2.3% to 71,403, with some firms affected by border closures and thus component supply issues. This rounded off a dreadful year, the worst since 1984 for UK car makers, with the pandemic chiefly responsible for the decline. Despite the gloom, the UK continued to rollout battery-electric (BEV), plug-hybrid (PHEV) and hybrid vehicles (HEV) to buyers at home and around the world. Combined production of these models rose to 18.8% of all cars made in Britain, up from 14.8% a year before, with BEVs increasing to a 4.5% share, up from 3.4%.

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