Huge car manufacturer to cut 800 jobs in UK in massive overhaul – blaming ‘lower-than-expected’ demand for EVs

FORD has announced that it volition axe hundreds of jobs from its UK sites arsenic portion of monolithic cuts to its European output.

Bosses blamed the "lower than expected demand" for electrical cars arsenic they scramble to conscionable the Government's legally-binding targets.

The steadfast had already hinted that it would person to dilatory down accumulation of petrol and diesel models to conscionable the arguable zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) Mandate.

The Mandate requires that a definite proportionality of each manufacturers' output is zero-emission (usually meaning EVs) each year.

For 2024, the request is 22%, rising to 80% by 2030.

The "restructuring" volition spot a full of 4,000 jobs mislaid crossed its UK and EU operations.

Around 800 of these volition beryllium successful the UK, though Ford would not corroborate which of its sites would beryllium affected.

Dave Johnston, Ford's European vice president for translation and partnerships, said: "We are arrogant of our caller merchandise portfolio for Europe and committed to gathering a thriving concern successful Europe for generations to come.

"It is captious to instrumentality hard but decisive enactment to guarantee Ford's aboriginal competitiveness successful Europe."

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