"The development is intended to be occupied by Vauxhall Motors who are already operational in the area as a purpose-built facility for the production of automobiles for distribution across UK and European markets. Thus, maintaining Ellesmere Port's tradition in auto-manufacturing." Announcing the £100m investment last year Stellantis said: "This new era of manufacturing will see a transformation of the Ellesmere Port plant fit for the future, with a new body shop, upgraded general assembly, a compression of the site area and the creation of an on-site battery pack assembly. "In addition, there will be further support to enable a pathway to carbon neutrality for the plant by the middle of this decade. The plant aims to be 100% self-sufficient for electricity and work will commence imminently on potential wind and solar farms."