About 200 workers are being made redundant at the Aston Martin car plant in the Vale of Glamorgan, according to the union Unite.
The St Athan plant opened in 2018, near Cardiff Airport, with plans to employ 300 by 2019 and 700 by spring 2020.
Unite said the car maker was seeking 95 job losses among its staff, with 100-plus jobs at an on-site agency that supplies workers also set to go.
Aston Martin confirmed it had issued redundancy notices at the site.
The luxury car manufacturer added it was “also looking to release contractors”, a spokeswoman added.
In a statement, Unite said the scale of the losses was “extremely concerning”, adding: “[It] raises serious questions regarding Aston Martins employment practices and its wider commitment to south Wales.”
When announcing its plans in 2018, the company said it would produce its first electric car, the Rapide E, in St Athan.
It also said it wanted to make the site near Llantwit Major its “home of electrification” and make their luxury Lagona car there.
The first Wales-made vehicle to come out of its workforce in St Athan, the DBX sport utility vehicle, was unveiled in November 2019.
Source-BBC
