Volkswagen employees demonstrate their willingness to strike in front of a plant in Zwickau last month. Photograph: Hendrik Schmidt/AP View image in fullscreen Volkswagen employees demonstrate their willingness to strike in front of a plant in Zwickau last month. Photograph: Hendrik Schmidt/AP Volkswagen workers in Germany to strike over plan to cut jobs and pay… Continue reading Volkswagen workers in Germany to strike over plan to cut jobs and pay
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Stellantis chief executive Carlos Tavares resigns as carmaker struggles
Carlos Tavares came under strong criticism earlier this year after Stellantis issued a profit warning on its 2024 results. Photograph: Michel Euler/AP View image in fullscreen Carlos Tavares came under strong criticism earlier this year after Stellantis issued a profit warning on its 2024 results. Photograph: Michel Euler/AP Stellantis chief executive Carlos Tavares resigns as… Continue reading Stellantis chief executive Carlos Tavares resigns as carmaker struggles
Cheaper loans on table to urge UK motorists to EVs, plus cuts in fines for firms
The new Mini Cooper Electric on the production line at the BMW Mini plant at Cowley in Oxford. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA View image in fullscreen The new Mini Cooper Electric on the production line at the BMW Mini plant at Cowley in Oxford. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA Cheaper loans on table to urge UK motorists to… Continue reading Cheaper loans on table to urge UK motorists to EVs, plus cuts in fines for firms
Claws are out as Jaguar heads down EV rebrand road
The new Jaguar logo has no growling cat. View image in fullscreen The new Jaguar logo has no growling cat. Analysis Claws are out as Jaguar heads down EV rebrand road Jasper Jolly A new electric model will be unveiled this week. Will it turn round the culture war embroiling the marque? When German manufacturer… Continue reading Claws are out as Jaguar heads down EV rebrand road
If we delay the UK’s drive for electric vehicles, our rivals will overtake us | Jonathan Reynolds
Supporting the growth of the electric vehicle market in the UK will allow carmakers to tap into a multibillion-pound industry. Photograph: John Walton/PA View image in fullscreen Supporting the growth of the electric vehicle market in the UK will allow carmakers to tap into a multibillion-pound industry. Photograph: John Walton/PA If we delay the UK’s… Continue reading If we delay the UK’s drive for electric vehicles, our rivals will overtake us | Jonathan Reynolds
‘It was looking positive’: Vauxhall workers in shock over Luton closure
‘I’m worried about paying the mortgage’: (left to right) Richard Hay, Gary Reay and Vanessa Page who all work at the Vauxhall plant. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian View image in fullscreen ‘I’m worried about paying the mortgage’: (left to right) Richard Hay, Gary Reay and Vanessa Page who all work at the Vauxhall plant. Photograph:… Continue reading ‘It was looking positive’: Vauxhall workers in shock over Luton closure
UK car parts firm TI Fluid Systems bought by Canadian rival in latest overseas takeover
Oxford-based TI Fluid Systems is the second UK-listed business in two days to sell to a foreign buyer. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA View image in fullscreen Oxford-based TI Fluid Systems is the second UK-listed business in two days to sell to a foreign buyer. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA UK car parts firm TI Fluid Systems bought by… Continue reading UK car parts firm TI Fluid Systems bought by Canadian rival in latest overseas takeover
UK could loosen EV rules to allow sales of Prius-style hybrids until 2035
A 2016 Toyota Prius. Photograph: Dewhurst Photography/AP View image in fullscreen A 2016 Toyota Prius. Photograph: Dewhurst Photography/AP UK could loosen EV rules to allow sales of Prius-style hybrids until 2035 Ban on new petrol and diesel cars starts in 2030 but government may change rules for some models Car manufacturers may be allowed to… Continue reading UK could loosen EV rules to allow sales of Prius-style hybrids until 2035
Tesla owners turn against Musk: ‘I’m embarrassed driving this car around’
Sales of anti-Musk stickers have boomed since the world’s richest man declared his support for Trump. Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images/Matt Hiller View image in fullscreen Sales of anti-Musk stickers have boomed since the world’s richest man declared his support for Trump. Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images/Matt Hiller Tesla owners turn against Musk: ‘I’m embarrassed driving this… Continue reading Tesla owners turn against Musk: ‘I’m embarrassed driving this car around’
Badenoch suggests final Tory migration policy would be more radical than leaving European convention on human rights – as it happened
11.02 EST Badenoch suggests final Tory migration policy would be more radical than leaving European convention on human rights Q: [From Steven Swinford from the Times] Do you still see leaving the ECHR as an easy answer? Badenoch says leaving the ECHR is “not even the most radical thing that we probably will have to do”.… Continue reading Badenoch suggests final Tory migration policy would be more radical than leaving European convention on human rights – as it happened