Manufacturing

BYD production line China

BYD has increased its global sales tenfold in five years

Manufacturing

BYD rules out UK factory as conditions "not friendly"

UK is a "very high priority" as a market but won't host a plant due to insufficient labour

19 March 2025

BYD rules out UK factory as conditions "not friendly"

Ford Craiova cars

Courier (silver) and Puma (yellow) are built at Craiova

Manufacturing

Ford Highway: the road that Puma built

Building cars in road-deficient Romania is hard work, but Ford’s persistence is paying off

18 March 2025

Ford Highway: the road that Puma built

xpeng g6 rt 2025 static me 27

Manufacturing

Magna Steyr to build GAC and Xpeng EVs in EU tariffs dodge

Chinese firms will avoid EV import tariffs and solve Austrian contract manufacturer's overcapacity problem

17 March 2025

Magna Steyr to build GAC and Xpeng EVs in EU tariffs dodge

stellantis ellesmere port factory workers 1 0 0

Just 78,012 vehicles rolled off UK lines in January

Manufacturing

UK vehicle production drops 18% year on year

Drop in exports exacerbates already tough situation for UK manufacturers

27 February 2025

UK vehicle production drops 18% year on year

Volklec's cylindrical cells will be built under license from Chinese firm Far East Battery

Technology

UK battery start-up to begin cell production this year

Coventry-based Volklec aims to supply cells for the “underserved” market with help from China

26 February 2025

UK battery start-up to begin cell production this year

Manufacturing

Mini delays EV production at Oxford

Electric Cooper and Aceman models, currently built in China, were due to start rolling out of UK plant next year

21 February 2025

Mini delays EV production at Oxford

Nissan Qashqai production Sunderland

Manufacturing

Nissan doesn’t rule out Sunderland closure amid restructure

Nissan will close three factories worldwide in £2 billion savings drive following collapse of Honda merger talks

13 February 2025

Nissan doesn’t rule out Sunderland closure amid restructure

Stellantis Ellesmere Port factory workers

Manufacturing

UK vehicle production falls as industry readies for EV transition

Almost all UK car makers recorded a decline in production in 2024, leading to smallest total for 70 years

30 January 2025

UK vehicle production falls as industry readies for EV transition

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

ineos grenadier production line

Ineos paused production of the Grenadier in September

Manufacturing

Ineos CEO: January production restart the 'best possible outcome'

Manufacturer faced problems that could have forced it to halt production for "much, much longer"

22 November 2024

Ineos CEO: January production restart the 'best possible outcome'

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