BBCNEWS BBC News October 18, 2021 19:44:00
But in nine years' time, the company will make petrol and diesel things of the past. the new era will be electric and it starts at this plant in halewood on merseyside. electric power units, motoring transmission in one, will start rolling off the production lines in 2024. this is our first investment in electrified components in europe. and 500 people we have in halewood today, and this will really secure the future of those jobs for the foreseeable future. so, great news for the people in halewood. it is a small part of ford's plan to go electric, a £230 million investment, some of which is...