We’ve grown used to car factories in this country having a constant air of insecurity around them and their future prospects.
So our scoop this week that Land Rover will start building electric cars at Halewood in 2024 as part of a major refit and refurbishment of the plant is a welcome bit of good news for the cars that are made there and their future relevance.
There was no real suggestion that Halewood was ever under any particular threat, nor was there any expectation it would do anything but build electric cars in the future.
