EU-made EVs would cost $4,100 more in UK under post-Brexit rules
If Britain and the EU fail to postpone post-Brexit trade rules dictating local content in electric vehicles traded between the bloc and the UK, average EU-made car prices will rise 3,400 pounds ($4,134) in January, a trade group said on Wednesday. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said those same rules will also add 3,600 pounds to the average British-built EV sold in Europe. "Not only would consumers be out of pocket, but the industrial competitiveness of the UK and continental industries would be undermined," SMMT CEO Mike Hawes said in a statement.