Currently reading: Inside the transformed Ellesmere Port as it begins EV production

Brexit woes nearly shut Stellantis's major UK factory forever, but its resolute staff gave it a new lease of life

In the shadow of the Stanlow oil refinery, visible from the M53 as the motorway passes through Ellesmere Port on its way to Liverpool, they’re building the future – an electric future.

Vauxhall began manufacturing cars here in 1964. It stopped doing so in April 2022. Now, less than 18 months later, following a £100 million refit, the factory has begun making electric vans for Stellantis’s Citroën, Fiat, Opel, Peugeot and Vauxhall brands.

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