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Autocar Business

Change Makers Podcast: Is ‘mobility’ dead? (ep.14)

Natalie Sauber talks start-ups, China and the murky future of mobility

13 August 2024
Change Makers Podcast: Is ‘mobility’ dead? (ep.14)
verne side
Rimac recently launched a robotaxi company called Verne
Autonomous vehicles

Optimism about robotaxis returns to automotive industry

Despite some very public setbacks, key players including Tesla, GM and VW are set on self-driving tech

12 August 2024
Optimism about robotaxis returns to automotive industry
Business

More than 1200 Ford UK workers vote to take industrial action over pay

Vote passed by staff with office roles based in Dagenham, Halewood, Dunton, Stratford and Daventry

9 August 2024
More than 1200 Ford UK workers vote to take industrial action over pay
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Human Horizons owns the HiPhi electric vehicle brand
Electric vehicles

HiPhi files for bankruptcy in China

Cash squeezed EV start-up fails to attract necessary investment to keep operations and European aspirations afloat

8 August 2024
HiPhi files for bankruptcy in China
Omoda 5 E5
Chery will launch Omoda 5 (left) and E5 (right) in the UK imminently
Car sales

Chery UK boss: we want to be as big as Kia in five years

Victor Zhang lays out his battle plan as Chery launches its Jaecoo and Omoda brands in the UK

8 August 2024
Chery UK boss: we want to be as big as Kia in five years
Jaguar E Pace I Pace production Magna
The Jaguar E-Pace and I-Pace will soon end production at Magna's Graz plant
Manufacturing

Maker of Jaguar I-Pace, BMW Z4 faces uncertain future

Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria, will soon be building just the Mercedes-Benz G-Class

7 August 2024
Maker of Jaguar I-Pace, BMW Z4 faces uncertain future
factory
Halewood will build electric cars on JLR's new EMA platform from next year
Electric vehicles

JLR ups spending by £3bn to hedge against slowing EV uptake

Investment in 'flexible' platforms upped as ICE cars set to stay on sale longer than expected

5 August 2024
JLR ups spending by £3bn to hedge against slowing EV uptake
Car sales

Fleet sales keep UK car market afloat as private sales dip again

Overall market's 2.5% July rise is 24th consecutive month of growth

5 August 2024
Fleet sales keep UK car market afloat as private sales dip again
Corporate

Editor's letter: How to get Maserati out of its rut

Maserati needs to make money, and that means breaking out of the middle market to create truly special cars

2 August 2024
Editor's letter: How to get Maserati out of its rut
Stellantis electric van production
Stellantis previously committed to start building electric vans at its Luton plant next year
Electric vehicles

Stellantis CEO orders review of UK plants in fresh closure threat

ZEV mandate threatens the Vauxhall owner's business model, says boss Carlos Tavares

1 August 2024
Stellantis CEO orders review of UK plants in fresh closure threat

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