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Mercedes at 2024 Beijing motor show
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Beijing motor show: The Chinese car industry has finally come of age

This year's event showed how quickly some Chinese firms are surpassing some of the West's oldest names

Mark Tisshaw
26 April 2024
Beijing motor show: The Chinese car industry has finally come of age
1960s farming
American farmers stalled in their willingness to adopt new technologies
Electric vehicles

History shows appetite can return for electric cars

The stalling point for EV adoption in the UK could have been predicted in the 1960s - by American farmers

Mark Tisshaw
23 February 2024
History shows appetite can return for electric cars
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New laws are forcing car makers to sell more EVs from this year
Electric vehicles

Car makers are hitting back at 'vocal anti-EV campaign' with facts

Major manufacturers remain buoyed as House of Lords report highlights 'misleading' articles from mainstream media

Mark Tisshaw
16 February 2024
Car makers are hitting back at 'vocal anti-EV campaign' with facts
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Electric vehicles

UK electric car goals unachievable without purchase incentives

Lobby groups, car makers and even the House of Lords have called for incentives to spur private market demand

Mark Tisshaw
9 February 2024
UK electric car goals unachievable without purchase incentives
Mercedes A200 2023 front cornering
A-Class drove much of Mercedes' volume growth over the past decade
Electric vehicles

Editor’s letter: No more A-Class, no more 'naked Mercedes'

German giant to focus on profitability rather than volume following strategic about-turn

Mark Tisshaw
2 February 2024
Editor’s letter: No more A-Class, no more 'naked Mercedes'
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Electric sales for Mercedes-Benz and BMW are already booming
Electric vehicles

Which brands are in best shape as ZEV mandate comes into effect?

At least 22% of each car maker's sales must be electric, say to new UK rules. This week's editor's letter takes a closer look

Mark Tisshaw
4 January 2024
Which brands are in best shape as ZEV mandate comes into effect?
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Electric vehicles

Editor's letter: EV makers build case for smaller batteries

Customers' desire for range is hampering EV cost-cutting

Mark Tisshaw
15 December 2023
Editor's letter: EV makers build case for smaller batteries
99 bmw ix vs mercedes eqs 2022 lead 0 0
From 2024, 22% of a car maker's sales must be BEVs – or it faces a £15,000 fine for every car that does not conform
Electric vehicles

Editor's letter: EV sales must increase by 50% in 2024 – how?

Electric vehicle sales are dropping less than a month before the ZEV mandate begins

Mark Tisshaw
8 December 2023
Editor's letter: EV sales must increase by 50% in 2024 – how?
Mazda UK range side
Mazda currently sells only one EV: the MX-30
Electric vehicles

Editor's letter: Why Mazda isn't just looking at EVs

Japanese brand believes carbon neutral should be the goal – and is looking at a broad range of technologies to reach it

Mark Tisshaw
27 October 2023
Editor's letter: Why Mazda isn't just looking at EVs
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Electric vehicles

Editor's letter: How fake news can shape the car industry

Luton Airport car park fire shows impact false information, especially about electric cars, can have

Mark Tisshaw
13 October 2023
Editor's letter: How fake news can shape the car industry
nissan sunderland plant with nissan qashqai mk2
Next February, it will be 40 years since the deal was signed to create Nissan's Sunderland plant
Electric vehicles

Editor's letter: Nissan going EV-only shows ICE ban delay was wrong

A week on, it's still hard to see who the government's decision to push back 2030 ICE ban has helped serve

Mark Tisshaw
29 September 2023
Editor's letter: Nissan going EV-only shows ICE ban delay was wrong
Ulez sign Getty images
Electric vehicles

Editor’s letter: ULEZ unrest foreshadows impact of 2030 ICE ban

Rising cost of motoring is set to become a key political battleground over the next decade

Mark Tisshaw
1 September 2023
Editor’s letter: ULEZ unrest foreshadows impact of 2030 ICE ban

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