Jaguar Land Rover Chief executive to step down in September as company reveals 2.8% year-on-year revenue rise Jaguar Land Rover’s CEO, Ralf Speth, who is stepping down in September, said the cost cuts would create ‘a more robust, resilient business’. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Jaguar Land Rover has launched a £1.1bn round of cost cuts as… Continue reading Jaguar Land Rover’s Ralf Speth to quit as £1.1bn cuts announced
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UK electric van maker Arrival secures £340m order from UPS
Automotive industry US delivery company order the latest sign of the rapid growth of the manufacturer The first versions of Arrival’s van have been made at a factory in Banbury. Photograph: Arrival Electric van maker Arrival has secured a €400m (£339m) order for 10,000 vehicles from United Parcel Service (UPS), the US delivery company, in… Continue reading UK electric van maker Arrival secures £340m order from UPS
Jaguar Land Rover to cut up to 500 jobs at Halewood factory
Jaguar Land Rover JLR’s night shift cuts come amid £2.5bn cost saving drive to invest in electric vehicles An employee uses a robotic arm to fix an alloy wheel to the hub of a Range Rover Evoque. Photograph: Bloomberg/Bloomberg/Getty Jaguar Land Rover, Britain’s largest carmaker, has revealed that as many as 500 jobs are at… Continue reading Jaguar Land Rover to cut up to 500 jobs at Halewood factory
GM to relaunch a greener Hummer with the help of LeBron James: report
General Motors General Motors reportedly will revive gargantuan SUVs, which went out of production in 2010, with electric engines The Hummer became a pariah as the climate crisis took center stage. Photograph: Jason Florio/Corbis via Getty Images One of the most notorious gas guzzlers of the 1990s looks set to get a comeback – and… Continue reading GM to relaunch a greener Hummer with the help of LeBron James: report
Amid the fury and bombast, Ghosn’s case deserves proper examination
Nils Pratley on finance Business Amid the fury and bombast, Ghosn’s case deserves proper examination Nils Pratley The former Renault-Nissan boss’s account of why he fled Japan will – and should – provoke sympathy Carlos Ghosn claims he is a victim of Japan’s ‘hostage justice’. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Carlos Ghosn, live from Lebanon, put on an… Continue reading Amid the fury and bombast, Ghosn’s case deserves proper examination
The Carlos Ghosn case shines a light into the dark corners of Japanese justice | Jeff Kingston
Opinion Japan The Carlos Ghosn case shines a light into the dark corners of Japanese justice Jeff Kingston The former Nissan boss is right to point the finger at a legal system that the UN has described as ‘medieval’ Former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn. Photograph: Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images In a long and detailed… Continue reading The Carlos Ghosn case shines a light into the dark corners of Japanese justice | Jeff Kingston
Carlos Ghosn likens arrest to Pearl Harbor as he faces media
Carlos Ghosn Runaway former Nissan chair says he is victim of ‘inhumane system of hostage justice’ Carlos Ghosn press conference – live updates Play Video ‘I am innocent’: Carlos Ghosn blames Nissan conspiracy for arrest in Japan – video The former Nissan-Renault chair Carlos Ghosn has likened his arrest by Japanese prosecutors to Pearl Harbor… Continue reading Carlos Ghosn likens arrest to Pearl Harbor as he faces media
Carlos Ghosn to make first public appearance since Japan escape
Carlos Ghosn At press conference in Lebanon the former Nissan boss may reveal how he jumped bail Carlos Ghosn has argued that his arrest was proof that the Japanese justice system was guilty of double standards. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Carlos Ghosn is to make his first public appearance since his extraordinary escape from Japan, where… Continue reading Carlos Ghosn to make first public appearance since Japan escape
Banning cars alone is not the answer | Letters
Transport policy Banning cars alone is not the answer Christian Vassie and Rachel White shed light on how York is tackling the climate emergency, while Dick Follows believes city centres should be freed from the tyranny of cars ‘York declared a climate emergency in March 2019 and the cross-party climate change committee is charged with… Continue reading Banning cars alone is not the answer | Letters
Aston Martin warns on profits after ‘very disappointing’ year
Aston Martin Sales of carmaker’s Vantage model have been weak but it has high hopes for DBX SUV Aston Martin is counting on strong sales of its DBX SUV model to turn the company around. Photograph: RVT3/Aston Martin The luxury carmaker Aston Martin has issued its second profit warning in 12 months after flagging a… Continue reading Aston Martin warns on profits after ‘very disappointing’ year