[arista]

[An electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer
backed by Amazon and Ford
is in talks with ministers about building
a giant factory in the UK that could
include a big state support package.

Sky News has learnt that Rivian,
which is also backed by
the Ford Motor Company and many
of the biggest investors in Silicon Valley,
has been in secret negotiations with
the British government for weeks
about the construction of a plant near Bristol.

The talks are not yet at an advanced stage,
and Britain is facing competition from
rival proposals from Germany and the Netherlands,
according to industry sources.

Any investment decision is likely to
be ultimately worth well over £1bn, they added.

If Rivian does opt to build a plant in the UK - which
would be its first outside the US - it would represent
another major boost to the country's
automotive sector following recent
announcements from Nissan and Stellantis,
the owner of Vauxhall.]


https://news.sky.com/story/amazon-ba...ctory-12368739