The UK should show Toyota the door. That’s because they have threatened to retreat from the UK, because it doesn’t like the rules on electric cars. What they are yet to realise is that there is enough competition, for this to not be a threat. The only thing they can actually threaten is people’s jobs and livelihoods, and if that’s the case, then they deserve to go out of business. Imagine being one of the world’s largest car manufacturers, having decades to prepare for the transition to electric vehicles, and then threatening to take your ball home because the government expects you to keep up. Yet instead of leading the next automotive revolution, it’s now complaining that the rules are too difficult. Meanwhile, manufacturers that took electric vehicles seriously have demonstrated that there’s a growing market for them. Here’s an idea, Toyota. Build electric cars people actually want to buy. The UK shouldn’t be watering down its long-term environmental ambitions simply because a multinational manufacturer would prefer to keep selling petrol-powered vehicles. The rest of the industry isn’t going to stop innovating just because Toyota spat their dummy out, Adapt or die. .