{"id":1137,"date":"2018-04-29T19:38:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T18:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2018-04-29T19:38:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T18:38:11","slug":"car-wreck-ahead-automotive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1137","title":{"rendered":"CAR WRECK AHEAD&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;#automotive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazysocialbuttons\" data-float=\"left\" data-buttons=\"google,twitter,facebook\" data-twshareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1137\" data-twtext=\"\" data-shareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1137\" data-fbhideflyout=\"false\" data-backgroundtype=\"light\"><\/div><p>There is no doubt about it; the UK car industry is running headlong into a perfect storm, Emissions Scandal, Dirty Diesel &amp; bonkers #Brexit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1138\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cars-wreck-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cars-wreck-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cars-wreck-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cars-wreck-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cars-wreck-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cars-wreck.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Jaguar Land Rover which has seen continuous expansion for the last decade has laid off 1000 contractors at its Solihull plant &amp; has been cutting back on production volumes. Nissan in Sunderland has announced redundancies although these aren&#8217;t compulsory (yet!).<\/p>\n<p>Politicians have a huge responsibility for this by confusing the public about &#8216;dirty diesels&#8217; after having encouraged their adoption to combat global warming. European sales of diesel cars are down a whopping 35% in one year. Of course the industry itself has shot itself in the foot by massaging, if not flagrantly violating, its own emission standards.<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s to be done:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Innovation, Innovation &amp; more innovation. The industry has historically been slow to react to environmental pressures &amp; must now accelerate the switch to hybrid &amp; electric vehicles.<\/li>\n<li>A customs union with the EEC as a minimum is essential &#8211; it is now time for the industry to get off the fence &amp; start lobbying hard. Las year inward investment was down 181 billion &amp; outward investment up 150 billion. This is a direct result of #Brexit &amp; action is needed now!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>chris@amberhill-associates.com<\/p>\n<p>www.amberhill-associates.com<\/p>\n\n<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar addthis_pub = '';\nvar addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more';\n<\/script>\n<div class=\"addthis_container\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=20\" onmouseover=\"return addthis_open(this, '', 'https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amberhill.biz%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1137', 'CAR+WRECK+AHEAD%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%23automotive')\" onmouseout=\"addthis_close()\" onclick=\"return addthis_sendto()\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/lg-share-en.gif\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/200\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Button END -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no doubt about it; the UK car industry is running headlong into a perfect storm, Emissions Scandal, Dirty Diesel &amp; bonkers #Brexit. 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