Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is planning a two week shutdown of its Solihull plant at the end of October. Britain’s biggest carmaker blamed weakening global demand, especially in China, and has faced falling diesel sales in recent months. JLR said employees at the West Midlands plant would be paid for the duration of the shutdown… Continue reading Jaguar Land Rover plans two-week shutdown
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Porsche Claims It Can Cut In Half Tesla’s Charging Times
1 H BY MARK KANE Porsche sees its competitive advantage in ultra-fast charging. In one of the most recent interviews, Klaus Zellmer, president and CEO for Porsche Cars North America, stated that the upcoming Porsche Taycan will separate itself from the competition through ultra-fast charging (to 80% in 15 minutes – “which is almost the same… Continue reading Porsche Claims It Can Cut In Half Tesla’s Charging Times
New Land Rover Defender “leaked” in new spy photos
THE UPCOMING Land Rover Defender has been spotted on the road for the first time, in new “spy shots” of a development car. Caught on camera near Jaguar Land Rover’s R&D centre in Warwickshire, the “leaked” prototype provides the first glimpse of the direction in which Land Rover plans to take its upcoming off-roader. Though… Continue reading New Land Rover Defender “leaked” in new spy photos
Press Releases – EU Parliament vote on CO2 targets for cars and vans: auto industry voices concerns
Brussels, 3 October 2018 – The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has voiced its serious concerns about the outcome of the European Parliament’s plenary vote on future CO2 reduction targets for cars and vans. “We remain particularly concerned about the extremely aggressive CO2 reduction targets and the imposition of sales quotas for battery electric vehicles… Continue reading Press Releases – EU Parliament vote on CO2 targets for cars and vans: auto industry voices concerns
Renault’s Ghosn thinks no-deal Brexit will be averted
The head of the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance has played down the possibility of Britain leaving the EU without a deal, saying he has a “gut feeling” that an agreement will be reached. Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of Renault and chairman of the global alliance between the three carmakers, said Theresa May would not “allow”… Continue reading Renault’s Ghosn thinks no-deal Brexit will be averted
Toyota says hard Brexit would halt UK plant as BMW warns over Mini
Automotive industry Bosses of Jaguar Land Rover, Peugeot and Daimler also voice concerns at Paris Motor Show About 90% of the cars made at Toyota’s Burnaston plant in Derbyshire are exported to Europe Photograph: David Jones/PA Toyota would be forced to halt car production in the UK and BMW could shift production of the Mini… Continue reading Toyota says hard Brexit would halt UK plant as BMW warns over Mini
UPDATE 1-Carmakers step up warnings over disorderly Brexit
PARIS (Reuters) – Carmakers ratcheted up their Brexit warnings on Tuesday, with France’s PSA Group (PEUP.PA) and Germany’s BMW (BMWG.DE) both saying UK production would suffer if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal. Dieter Zetsche, chairman of the board of management of Daimler AG, and Ola Kallenius, member of the board of management… Continue reading UPDATE 1-Carmakers step up warnings over disorderly Brexit
Hanging over at Thyssen-Krupp
01.10.2018 Ι The reorganization at Thyssen-Krupp offers future prospects to the nearly 70,000 employees in Germany. IG Metall agreed to divide the group after the Supervisory Board guaranteed safe work. The employees of Thyssen-Krupp have been through a lot in recent years. Only the long conflict over the separation of the steel division. Then the… Continue reading Hanging over at Thyssen-Krupp
UK would ‘forever regret’ losing carmakers
Media playback is unsupported on your device The UK “would regret it forever” if it lost its status as a world leader in car manufacturing after Brexit, Business Secretary Greg Clark has said. He added it was “concerning” that Toyota UK had told the BBC that if Britain left the EU without a deal it… Continue reading UK would ‘forever regret’ losing carmakers
Jaguar I-PACE Tested At 350 kW Ultra-Fast Charger
42 M BY MARK KANE Jaguar I-PACE initially is not even ready for 100 kW charging. Bjørn Nyland continues tests of the Jaguar I-PACE and took the car to the IONITY ultra-fast charging station in Germany, that in theory should be able to put out 350 kW at 800 V (or at least half of… Continue reading Jaguar I-PACE Tested At 350 kW Ultra-Fast Charger