Automotive industry Amid fears about pollution, penalties and bans, buyers are abandoning diesel cars in droves Experts predict diesel’s UK market share will drop from one in two cars sold to one in seven by 2025. Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP No customers were troubling the Jaguar showroom in Welwyn Garden City on Friday, at the start… Continue reading The death of diesel: can struggling industry woo back consumers?
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Elon Musk to open Tesla R&D plant in Greece
Tesla Billionaire entrepreneur’s electric car company to set up engineering facility in Athens Tesla factory in Fremont, California, US. Photograph: Tesla Elon Musk may have plans to colonise Mars but back on planet Earth he is extending his reach to Athens, by opening an engineering facility called Tesla Greece. Musk’s electric car business is an… Continue reading Elon Musk to open Tesla R&D plant in Greece
UK car industry must be at the heart of Brexit negotiations, say MPs
Automotive industry Investment and thousands of jobs could be lost in booming automotive sector, committee warns The BEIS parliamentary committee warns that car manufacturing in the UK could face frosty investment conditions after Brexit. Photograph: Ian Horrocks/Getty Images The UK government must put the car industry at the heart of Brexit negotiations or risk the… Continue reading UK car industry must be at the heart of Brexit negotiations, say MPs
Toyota to build new-generation Auris car in Derbyshire
Toyota Japanese carmaker’s decision safeguards the jobs of 3,000 workers as Brexit fears continue A worker assembles a vehicle on the production line at Toyota’s factory in Burnaston, Derbyshire. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images Toyota has announced it will build the next generation of its Auris car at its Burnaston plant in Derbyshire. The Japanese carmaker said… Continue reading Toyota to build new-generation Auris car in Derbyshire
German court rules cities can ban diesel cars to tackle pollution
Germany Landmark ruling could cause traffic chaos and dramatically hit the value of diesel vehicles Greenpeace activists outside the court in Leipzig, where they argued cities have a duty to cut pollution to protect people’s health. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters Millions of heavily polluting vehicles could eventually disappear from roads across Germany after its top administrative… Continue reading German court rules cities can ban diesel cars to tackle pollution
German court to rule on city bans for heavily polluting diesel cars
Germany Federal court set to announce whether Stuttgart and Düsseldorf can use vehicle bans to try to improve air quality Cars drive along Landshuter Allee in Munich, one of the streets in Germany with the highest measured levels of nitrogen oxides. Photograph: Andreas Gebert/Getty Images One of Germany’s top courts will rule on Thursday whether… Continue reading German court to rule on city bans for heavily polluting diesel cars
German firm to design successor to Land Rover Defender
Jaguar Land Rover German firm to design successor to Land Rover Defender Ineos chairman hands contract to MBtech to create and produce prototypes of ‘world-class 4×4’ Jaguar Land Rover stopped making the Defender in 2016. The successor vehicle could be built in the UK. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Jim Ratcliffe, the multibillionaire chemicals tycoon and Brexit… Continue reading German firm to design successor to Land Rover Defender
Next-level driverless cars: how to solve the problem of humans falling asleep
Self-driving cars Next-level driverless cars: how to solve the problem of humans falling asleep Next wave of development will see drivers only expected to intervene when the car requests it, say researchers Studies have shown that drivers can fail to spot when systems reach their limits and can have trouble retaking control of the vehicle,… Continue reading Next-level driverless cars: how to solve the problem of humans falling asleep
UK’s biggest car dealer to focus on used vehicles as profits dive
Automotive industry UK’s biggest car dealer to focus on used vehicles as profits dive Pendragon, trading as Evans Halshaw and Stratstone, is also selling some of its dealerships Pendragon’s Stratstone includes several Jaguar and Land Rover car dealerships. Photograph: David Sillitoe. for the Guardian Britain’s biggest car dealer is switching its focus to the used… Continue reading UK’s biggest car dealer to focus on used vehicles as profits dive
Elon Musk’s Tesla announces biggest quarterly loss ever
Tesla Elon Musk’s Tesla announces biggest quarterly loss ever Loss of $675.4m announced day after Musk’s car sent into space in test of SpaceX rocket After a big success for his SpaceX company, Musk’s Tesla reported a heavy loss. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images The tech billionaire Elon Musk sent one of his Tesla electric cars… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Tesla announces biggest quarterly loss ever