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Electric vehicles

Progress report: Which car makers are meeting the ZEV mandate?

Some easily hit or even exceeded the UK government’s 22% EV sales target for 2024, but others fell well short

20 December 2024

Progress report: Which car makers are meeting the ZEV mandate?

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Vehicle manufacturing

UK records worst November for car production since 1980

It also represented the ninth consecutive month of decline this year

20 December 2024

UK records worst November for car production since 1980

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Corporate

Nissan-Honda merger would create new automotive powerhouse

Wide-reaching merger would create a company selling more than seven million cars per year

18 December 2024

Nissan-Honda merger would create new automotive powerhouse

Fiat 500 production Mirafiori

Production of the Fiat 500 returned to Italy with the current-generation car in 2020

Manufacturing

Stellantis commits to Italian plants with two small cars due 2028

Conglomerate aims to repair rocky relationship by announcing it will build cars in Italy until at least 2032

18 December 2024

Stellantis commits to Italian plants with two small cars due 2028

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Electric vehicles

Report: Honda and Nissan in shock merger talks

The two Japanese giants could join together as a single company, which would include Mitsubishi

17 December 2024

Report: Honda and Nissan in shock merger talks

VW Golf plugged in

For the first three quarters of 2024, the VW Group was China's most prolific seller of PHEVs

Electric vehicles

Ferocious PHEV demand in China poised to boost UK sales too

Plug-in hybrid ‘compliance cars’ are generally too expensive for retail customers, but China is working to change that

17 December 2024

Ferocious PHEV demand in China poised to boost UK sales too

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Vehicle manufacturing

Machinery from former Saab factory listed for sale

Trollhättan plant was put into "hibernation mode" by occupier NEVS last year; owner now in talks about its future

16 December 2024

Machinery from former Saab factory listed for sale

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Corporate

Movers and shakers: the latest job moves in the car industry

BMW Group names a new director for Mini UK and Ireland

16 December 2024

Movers and shakers: the latest job moves in the car industry

Corporate

Why the global automotive business model might be dead

Stellantis's struggles to sell the same underpinnings with different shells signpost trouble ahead

13 December 2024

Why the global automotive business model might be dead

Corporate

Mercedes CEO Ola Källenius named new head of ACEA

Källenius says he will work toward “market-driven” transition to electric cars as head of European industry lobby group

11 December 2024

Mercedes CEO Ola Källenius named new head of ACEA

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