Automotive industry Plants in Oxfordshire and Derbyshire affected as coronavirus affects carmakers Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage BMW makes Minis at its Cowley plant near Oxford. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images BMW and Toyota have joined a rapidly lengthening list of carmakers shutting down European operations, affecting UK plants in Oxfordshire and… Continue reading BMW and Toyota suspend European operations
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Nissan shuts Sunderland factory as coronavirus disrupts industry
Nissan Carmakers including Ford and VW cite global economic turmoil as production is suspended at European plants Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Work at Nissan’s Sunderland facility will cease. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA Nissan has shuttered its Sunderland factory, Britain’s biggest car plant, joining a number of automotive firms and aerospace giant… Continue reading Nissan shuts Sunderland factory as coronavirus disrupts industry
UK manufacturers to regear factories to build ventilators for NHS
Manufacturing sector Vauxhall and Airbus to 3D-print parts in ‘wartime’ drive to make 20,000 ventilators within weeks Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Car production at Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port factory was due to shut down this month because of coronavirus, so it will be free to make ventilators. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty UK manufacturers… Continue reading UK manufacturers to regear factories to build ventilators for NHS
Government to revamp smart motorways after safety concerns
Transport policy Measures include abolition of dynamic hard shoulders and increase in refuge areas The overhaul comes after the deaths of at least 38 people on stretches of smart motorways in the past five years. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA An 18-point plan to tackle the safety of smart motorways has been announced by the UK government,… Continue reading Government to revamp smart motorways after safety concerns
Nissan presses ahead with £400m Qashqai plan for Sunderland
Nissan Japanese carmaker unveils £52m production press amid post-Brexit tariff warnings The production line at Nissan’s Sunderland factory. The third-generation Qashqai model is due to be delivered in 2021. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA Media Nissan is pushing ahead with its £400m plan to build its new Qashqai sports utility vehicle at its Sunderland factory, despite the… Continue reading Nissan presses ahead with £400m Qashqai plan for Sunderland
British Gas and VW unveil three-year electric vehicle deal
Volkswagen (VW) Engineers to install fastest home car-charger available in exclusive one-stop package Volkswagen’s deal with British Gas could make it easier for motorists to switch to an electric vehicle. Photograph: Uwe Meinhold/EPA British Gas has teamed up with Volkswagen to accelerate the rollout of its electric vehicles (EV) across UK roads by helping drivers… Continue reading British Gas and VW unveil three-year electric vehicle deal
Jaguar Land Rover to shut Merseyside plant for 10 days
Jaguar Land Rover Carmaker also altering schedules at Castle Bromwich and Solihull due to weak sales Jaguar Land Rover said the halt in production at its Halewood plant was not linked to the global coronavirus outbreak. Photograph: PA Jaguar Land Rover is shutting its Halewood factory for 10 days this month and adjusting the production… Continue reading Jaguar Land Rover to shut Merseyside plant for 10 days
Brexit: Peugeot could seek compensation to keep UK factory open
Vauxhall British government should cover cost of a bad deal for Vauxhall plant, boss suggests A Vauxhall worker at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. The factory is seen as vulnerable and its owner, PSA, has already stopped investing in it. Photograph: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images Peugeot could demand compensation from the British government to keep its Vauxhall… Continue reading Brexit: Peugeot could seek compensation to keep UK factory open
Japanese minister goes to Lebanon to press for Carlos Ghosn’s return
Carlos Ghosn Hiroyuki Yoshiie will meet officials to make case for ex-Nissan boss to be tried in Japan Nissan said it hoped Carlos Ghosn would return to Japan ‘so all the facts can be properly established’. Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP Japan’s deputy justice minister is travelling to Lebanon this weekend to make the case for the… Continue reading Japanese minister goes to Lebanon to press for Carlos Ghosn’s return
Aston Martin losses deepen as it issues coronavirus warning
Aston Martin Outbreak could hit supply chain and sales of carmaker, whose financial chief is to leave Coronavirus – latest updates Prince Charles (left) drives the company’s first SUV, the Aston Martin DBX, during his visit to its new manufacturing plant in St Athan, Wales. Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images Aston Martin’s losses widened in 2019… Continue reading Aston Martin losses deepen as it issues coronavirus warning