Nissan Worldwide have been laying off staff. I looked at a new Qashqai and instead of a centre armrest, it had 2 cupholders so i told the salesman why i could not buy one.
Build quality of the Sunderland lot is not too good either so i doubt i would buy another.
Not sure who thought up the idea of running a petrol engine to work a generator and connect that to an electric motor. Seems too complex with 3 power sources
So, Vauxhall vans have gone, Nissan cars, KTM, Jaguar, and looking at the car farms we have springing up all over Exeter, most other makes are on borrowed time. Audi are quite lucky as they are mostly petrol now and not subject to Britains rule of having to have a percentage of EVs to engine cars.
Mercedes have tried to lower emissions by building large cars with 1300cc engines
Many makers are using a similar 1500 engine used by many makes which is frugal.
A few years ago i predicted that railway scheme would fail and it did and was half built. Next prediction is the lithium battery plant for Bridgwater will not happen at all.
Looks like we are heading for another recession but that will not affect me much, i just find my holidays get large price cuts and 2 weeks in the Caribbean for 2 is under £3000 on a ship. Last year it was quite a lot more. Locally, houses are getting difficult to sell but that benefitted my Grandchildren as the building society now wants to give them a mortgage so they can keep money moving.
2 will be moving to Woodbury in a few weeks.
Our various family businesses are still very busy in the house modernizations, plumbing and electrical and the garage is busy taking on a lot of welding from other larger garages.
Half of Exmouth housing is not mortgageable now due to the building societies deeming them in a flood plain hence buying in Woodbury is popular right now.
Anyone who does buy an EV will have a car worth nothing within 5 years and thats a big hit when they cost over 40k. Lots of Nissan Leafs are now going for scrap as a battery cost more than the 5 year old car is worth. Insurance for them can be double that of a petrol car
We are all doomed !