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Originally Posted by nomadking
Swindon is not available because it's still building for Honda.
The French deal comes with contracts to buy what the factory is producing. Who wouldn't want that sort of deal?
As the Forbes article said, Ineos don't have the expertise in building electric cars, now they do.
He is going ahead with building them. That's why he bought the factory. 
From original BBC article that sparked this.
Why should anybody build stuff in the UK, just because? It has to be a business decision. If a similar facility had become currently available in the UK, Ineos might have gone for that. |
You could say the same thing about France - it's not available as it's building cars for Smart. Honda is a commercial company and if it could save costs by transferring the factory to Ineos then it would. Ineos could continue to manufacture for Honda as long as necessary. Business 101.
But again, perhaps it's easier to devise excuses for Ineos instead of acknowledging the elephant in the room or addressing Hugh's bigger picture question.