Fiesta ST Recaro seat
Recaro seats have featured in performance cars such as the Ford Fiesta ST
Corporate

Italian component manufacturer rescues Recaro Automotive

German car seat maker receives indeterminate investment from the Proma Group, enabling production to restart

4 December 2024
Italian component manufacturer rescues Recaro Automotive
Electric vehicles

Vauxhall: government should help affordable EV buyers, not company car users

UK boss says funds from company car tax should be used to provide incentives for cheaper EVs for private buyers

4 December 2024
Vauxhall: government should help affordable EV buyers, not company car users
Electric vehicles

Ford won't limit ICE sales to hit ZEV mandate targets

UK boss Lisa Brankin warns 2025 goals will be "even harder" to hit unless incentives are forthcoming

3 December 2024
Ford won't limit ICE sales to hit ZEV mandate targets
Luca de Meo
De Meo has taken Renault from losing €140m a day in 2020 to the best profits in its history
Corporate

Luca de Meo still has "job to do" at Renault despite Stellantis links

"I'm not looking for anything," de Meo tells Autocar in response to suggestions that he could replace Tavares

3 December 2024
Luca de Meo still has "job to do" at Renault despite Stellantis links
Alex Smith
Alex Smith left the Volkswagen Group at the end of November
Corporate

Outgoing VW UK boss calls for 'complete coherence' in EV policy

Alex Smith, leader of the Volkswagen Group's UK operations between 2019 and 2024, says market needs a boost

3 December 2024
Outgoing VW UK boss calls for 'complete coherence' in EV policy
Finance and corporate

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares resigns: €3bn wiped off group's value

Tavares exits multinational car-making giant as profits slide, more than a year before he was due to retire

2 December 2024
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares resigns: €3bn wiped off group's value
Makoto Uchida Nissan CEO
“A one-million-unit sales increase will be a tough objective,” said Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida
Corporate

Nissan looks to avoid repeat of 1999 crisis after profit collapse

Operating profit dropped 90% in the first half of firm's financial year, edging it toward a financial precipice

2 December 2024
Nissan looks to avoid repeat of 1999 crisis after profit collapse
Carlos Tavares l with Emmanuel Macron r Paris motor show 2022
Tavares (left) took over as CEO of PSA (Peugeot-Citroën) in 2014
Corporate

A STLA career: what legacy will Carlos Tavares leave?

Stellantis chief steps down after a storied career steering the car world's biggest firms

1 December 2024
A STLA career: what legacy will Carlos Tavares leave?
Government and legislation

MG expects only small changes to ZEV mandate rules

Changes to system are unlikely due to the wider can of worms it could open for the government, says firm

28 November 2024
MG expects only small changes to ZEV mandate rules
Business

UK car production falls again as car makers gear up for EVs

British factories produced 77,484 vehicles last month – 14,037 fewer than in October 2023

28 November 2024
UK car production falls again as car makers gear up for EVs

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