Miliband refused to meet motor trade body to discuss zero emissions mandate Transport & Infrastructure Ed Miliband refused to meet the UK motor industry’s largest trade body during his two-year stint as energy secretary, despite the government’s controversial targets for electric vehicle sales falling partly under his department’s purview. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) boss Mike Hawes said his lobby group’s requests to meet the Labour heavyweight and [...]
Jaguar Land Rover production to restart Transport and infrastructure Manufacturing at Jaguar Land Rover will partially restart as soon as Wednesday, the firm has said, a month and a half after a crippling cyberattack forced the UK’s largest carmaker to halt its production line. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Tata Motors-owned car brand confirmed that a phased restart at two of its [...]
Tesla to unveil lower-cost Model Y to revive sales momentum Tech Tesla is expected to unveil a long-awaited, lower-cost version of its Model Y SUV this week, as the American electric car giant looks to reignite demand amid slowing global sales and rising competition from Chinese rivals. The new variant, widely referred to as the Model Y Standard, has been spotted testing near Tesla’s gigafactory in Texas and [...]
Renault warns UK customers after cyberattack exposes data October 3, 2025 Renault and its sister brand Dacia have warned UK customers to be vigilant after hackers stole personal information in a cyber attack on one of the carmaker’s third-party data providers. The French-owned group confirmed that details including names, addresses, dates of birth, gender, phone numbers, vehicle identification numbers and vehicle registration details may have been [...]
Tesla breaks sales record but European slump persists October 2, 2025 Tesla delivered nearly half a million vehicles in the third quarter, a record for the electric carmaker, even as it continued to lose ground in Europe to Chinese and European rivals. Elon Musk’s car giant exported 497,099 vehicles between July and September 2025, up 29 per cent on the previous quarter and seven per cent [...]
Jaguar Land Rover to restart some production ‘in coming days’ September 29, 2025 Jaguar Land Rover will restart some of its manufacturing operations in the coming days, the carmaker has said, over a month after it was forced to shut down its plant to deal with a brutal cyber attack that has left dozens of its suppliers on the brink of failure. In a statement released on Monday, [...]
‘Furlough’ scheme calls grow after Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack September 24, 2025 Calls for a furlough-style scheme to support workers affected by the crippling cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover grew on Wednesday, after the carmaker revealed its production would remain at a standstill for at least another week. Thousands of workers at firms in the Range Rover maker’s supply chain have spent weeks in limbo, with some [...]
Aston Martin tariff hit sinks UK car output to 76-year low June 27, 2025 UK car production plunged to its lowest level since 1949 last month, as Aston Martin and other British carmakers halted exports to the United States amid president Donald Trump’s escalating trade war. Data released on Friday by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) found that UK factories turned out just 49,810 cars and [...]
Reynolds refuses to rule out further changes to ZEV mandate June 24, 2025 The business secretary has swerved calls from the automotive industry to rule out further changes to the controversial zero-emissions-vehicle mandate (ZEV mandate), saying he would continue to engage with industry to ensure it did not pose a threat to jobs or the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs). Jonathan Reynolds told the SMMT’s annual conference that [...]