Dyson Ltd Innovative vehicle, which is being designed in England, is due to go on sale in 2021 Electric Dyson will be aimed at the Asian market initially and will be built in Singapore. Photograph: Charlie Box/Dyson The first drafts of Dyson’s closely guarded electric car designs have emerged, showing a vehicle with unusual proportions… Continue reading Dyson patents reveal plans for an electric car with off-road potential
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Formula E losses reach £140m as green racing attracts fresh interest
Automotive industry New teams and sponsors take heart as number of spectators more than doubles in a year Briton Alex Lynn races the Jaguar I-Type 3 in the Formula E Championship race in Paris this year. Photograph: Handout/Getty Images Formula E, the electric-powered racing series, has revealed that its pretax loss widened by 26.7% to… Continue reading Formula E losses reach £140m as green racing attracts fresh interest
New Land Rover Defender to be built in Slovakia, not the UK
Jaguar Land Rover Next model to be assembled at Nitra plant, after JLR ended production in Solihull in 2016 A camouflage-patterned prototype of the new Land Rover Defender model has been in testing. Photograph: Nick Dimbleby/Land Rover The new version of the Land Rover Defender will be built in Slovakia rather than the UK, its… Continue reading New Land Rover Defender to be built in Slovakia, not the UK
Jaguar Land Rover ponders bid for minicab firm Addison Lee
Jaguar Land Rover Future growth in driverless vehicles and shared ownership spurs UK’s biggest carmaker The Carlyle Group has put Addison Lee up for sale and hopes to make more than £300m. Photograph: Felix Clay/The Guardian Britain’s biggest carmaker, Jaguar Land Rover, has emerged as a potential contender to buy the private hire firm Addison… Continue reading Jaguar Land Rover ponders bid for minicab firm Addison Lee
Mercedes production delays push Daimler’s quarterly profits down by 16%
Automotive industry Sales of Mercedes-Benz cars fell 7%, partly because of manufacturing bottlenecks Mercedes-Benz sales in China fell 3%. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Daimler’s quarterly operating profit has fallen by 16% as a €718m (£620m) one-off gain failed to offset the impact of falling sales in China and production delays at three Mercedes-Benz factories. Sales of… Continue reading Mercedes production delays push Daimler’s quarterly profits down by 16%
Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn hit with fresh charge in Japan
Carlos Ghosn Prosecutors file fourth formal indictment for allegedly siphoning company funds for personal use Carlos Ghosn earlier this month. He will remain in custody pending another bail attempt. Photograph: Mizuki Ikari/AP Japanese prosecutors have charged the former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn with aggravated breach of trust, a Tokyo court said, bringing a fourth charge… Continue reading Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn hit with fresh charge in Japan
Car dealer Pendragon slumps to loss after having to drop prices
Pendragon Nottingham-based company’s new CEO will decide whether to continue with five-year plan Pendragon made a loss before tax of £2.8m in the first three months of the year, about £10m below where it expected to be. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Pendragon, one of Britain’s biggest car dealers, has slumped to a loss in the first… Continue reading Car dealer Pendragon slumps to loss after having to drop prices
Carlos Ghosn’s lawyers say his treatment is illegal and inhuman
Carlos Ghosn Prosecutors trying to force confession out of former Nissan chairman, says defence team A video interview with Carlos Ghosn during a press conference in Tokyo. Photograph: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Carlos Ghosn’s lawyers have condemned his latest arrest as “inhuman”, claiming it has interrupted his treatment for chronic kidney failure and that prosecutors were attempting… Continue reading Carlos Ghosn’s lawyers say his treatment is illegal and inhuman
UK car production could halve in no-deal Brexit scenario – study
Automotive industry With investment down 80% in past three years, industry faces ‘death by a thousand cuts’ The Jaguar Land Rover factory in Solihull. The company has issued a warning about a no-deal Brexit. Photograph: Getty Car production in Britain could collapse by almost half by the mid-2020s in a no-deal Brexit scenario, with plant… Continue reading UK car production could halve in no-deal Brexit scenario – study
Carlos Ghosn says ‘backstabbing’ Nissan conspiring against him
Carlos Ghosn In video message ex-chairman says he is innocent and talks of fears for company’s future [embedded content] ‘This is a conspiracy,’ says Carlos Ghosn in his video message Carlos Ghosn has accused Nissan executives of conspiring to have him arrested over unfounded fears about his plans for the Japanese carmaker, and saying he… Continue reading Carlos Ghosn says ‘backstabbing’ Nissan conspiring against him