LONDON — Britain’s enterprise minister stated the federal government is working to get the fitting outcome for the Vauxhall automobile manufacturing facility as proprietor Stellantis decides within the subsequent few weeks whether or not to maintain the positioning open.

Kwasi Kwarteng stated on Friday that Boris Johnson’s administration was eager to safe additional funding on the northern English manufacturing facility in Ellesmere Port, which made 62,000 automobiles in 2019.

“I’ll do all the pieces I can, with the Prime Minister’s backing and the federal government’s backing, to guarantee that we get the fitting outcome for Ellesmere Port,” he stated.

PSA Group stated in 2019, previous to its merger with Fiat Chrysler Vehicles, that it wished to maintain open the plant by constructing the brand new Vauxhall/Opel Astra there, however that may rely upon the end result of Britain’s departure from the European Union.

Since then, London and Brussels have agreed a tariff-free deal depending on native content material ranges, PSA has merged with FCA to kind Stellantis and the federal government introduced ahead a ban on the sale of new combustion-engine only cars to 2030.

On Tuesday, the corporate’s CEO Carlos Tavares stated the automaker was weighing whether to build electric cars in Britain and referred to as on Boris Johnson’s administration to indicate “willingness to guard some sort of automotive trade.”

Tavares stated it could be tough to put money into the plant to construct EVs when a lot of the automobiles constructed on the plant could be offered in mainland Europe.