Business secretary says electric vehicles at heart of industrial strategy
by Graham Ruddick from on (#22XQD)
Greg Clark signals post-Brexit policy as Jaguar Land Rover confirms it plans to create 10,000 jobs in the UK
Greg Clark, the business, energy and industrial strategy secretary, has said making Britain a world-leading hub for next-generation electric vehicles will be at the heart of the government's new industrial strategy, providing one of the clearest indications yet of the sectors it wants to focus on in a post-Brexit economy.
Clark said the automotive sector, particularly electric vehicles, driverless cars and battery storage, will be a "emblematic area of focus" and is going to be "one of the big features of the world and Britain's industrial policy during the weeks, months and years ahead".
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