Jaguar Land Rover-owner Tata will announce plans to build its flagship electric car battery factory in the UK. In Somerset I understand.

Hopefully AA or RAC will have there depots near by

My wife mentioned Bridgewater last night and she knows everything. 2006 2.7 TDV6 HSE in Cairns Blue.

Hopefully they don't go and do something silly like use a unique chemistry or some weird interface, so making it impossible for anyone else to fix/replace a damaged battery/cell. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

And it's costing the UK taxpayer £500 million for the privilege! (sweetener)

And exporting to the EU is not really a viable option with tariffs now but I guess Tata won't care,

Edit; Oh and it turns out Sunak has family ties to TATA. What a surprise! 2016 RRS SVR Estoril Blue
2005 4.2L Supercharged Java Black - gone but was my first love.
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Good news for GB PLC but still trying to understand the reason for choosing this particular location. RRS HSE Dynamic SDV6 2014

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It does seem odd to build it in Somerset when JLR's battery manufacturing plant is at Hams Hall nr Brum.

At least Bridgewater has easy access to the M5 and so stuff can be moved almost exclusively by motorway. Does seem strange though. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed