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  • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    Shapps vows to press on with UK ban on sale of new petrol and diesel cars

    Energy secretary backs existing plan in face of pressure from some in own party and after EU concessions on issue

  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    UK business & economy
    Official UK report to call for green aviation fuel subsidies

    Plans to boost support for low-carbon flights expected as Treasury haggles over scale of financing

  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    Tesla Inc
    Tesla cars lose value faster than rival models after price cuts, data shows

    Reductions have caused second-hand vehicles to depreciate more steeply

  • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
    Pendragon PLC
    Pendragon looks to renew frayed links with carmakers

    Chief executive plans dealerships with Chinese electric vehicle group BYD as part of rebuilding wider relationships

  • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
    Ford Motor Co
    UK needs more electric vehicle chargers, says Ford boss

    Lisa Brankin warns tariffs on imported battery cars also put at risk ambitions to shift from petrol

  • Friday, 17 March, 2023
    Bentley Motors Ltd
    Bentley chief says UK failing to support electric vehicle transition

    Criticism comes as luxury brand posts record profits as car sales hit all-time high

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    UK Budget
    Fuel duty discount extended in £5bn giveaway to motorists

    Carmakers warn the 5p per litre cut would harm sales of electric vehicles

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    UK Budget
    Budget 2023: what it means for your money

    Moves to boost tax breaks on pensions, ease childcare costs and support household energy bills

  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
    Britishvolt
    Britishvolt owed up to £160mn to creditors when it collapsed

    Battery start-up had just £1.8mn and no IP when it went into administration in January

  • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
    BYD Co Ltd
    China’s BYD blames Brexit as it rules out UK for Europe car plant

    World’s largest seller of electric and hybrid cars sets out plans to dominate region by 2030

  • Friday, 10 March, 2023
    The Top LineEU state aid
    Why Europe is struggling to compete with the US on green subsidies

    VW’s choice of battery factory in North America highlights risks of losing talent and technology across Atlantic

  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    Technology sector
    UK start-up developing hologram technology for in-car monitors valued at $500mn

    Milton Keynes-based group says technology will improve safety on busy urban roads

  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
    US Inflation Reduction Act
    VW puts European battery plant on hold as it seeks €10bn from US

    Europe’s largest carmaker is ‘waiting’ for an EU response to Biden administration’s subsidies

  • Friday, 3 March, 2023
    Volkswagen AG
    VW to build $2bn electric vehicle plant in South Carolina

    German carmaker also seeks site for its first battery factory in North America

  • Friday, 3 March, 2023
    Automobiles
    Germany and Italy stall EU ban on combustion engines

    Berlin and Rome raise objections to rules agreed by member states last year

  • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
    News in-depthUK manufacturing
    UK struggles with transition to manufacturing electric cars

    Critical investment decisions are due from companies including Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan and Toyota

  • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
    Aston Martin Lagonda
    Aston Martin losses more than double to £495mn in 2022

    Group hit by costs of delivering Valkyrie hypercars, foreign exchange movements and expensive debt

  • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
    Jaguar Land Rover Ltd
    Jaguar Land Rover owner demands £500mn from UK for battery factory

    Tata Motors will decide between Somerset and Spain for new plant within weeks

  • Monday, 27 February, 2023
    Britishvolt
    Recharge buys technology of failed battery start-up Britishvolt

    Australian group has until end of next month to close deal to buy site of UK start-up

  • Friday, 24 February, 2023
    The Top LineElectric vehicles
    Europe’s autoworkers will pay the price for electric vehicle push

    Ford’s jobs cuts are the first sign of a coming wave set to hit the sector and its workforce

  • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
    Stellantis
    Stellantis chief forecasts car prices to fall this year as discounting returns

    Prediction follows period of record profits after carmakers focused on selling more expensive vehicles

  • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
    Electric vehicles
    Bentley phases out 12-cylinder engine as electric switch gathers pace

    Luxury-car maker calls time on technology considered pinnacle of engineering in its day

  • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
    Renault SA
    Renault chief warns Tesla price cuts damage confidence in electric cars

    Luca de Meo criticises US carmaker as French group doubles profit margins despite Russia exit

  • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
    Climate change
    EU drives through truck emissions targets with new 2040 goal

    ‘Near zero’ rules attacked for giving heavy vehicles more time to reduce pollution than cars

  • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
    Ford Motor Co
    Ford to axe 3,800 European jobs in electric-car overhaul

    US automaker announces cuts to product development teams in UK and Germany

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