Tech, development and manufacturing

Staff and semiconductor shortages stifle UK new car output

SMMT figures show 69,079 new cars left UK lines in June, down 37% on pre-Covid 2019

29 July 2021
Staff and semiconductor shortages stifle UK new car output
Tech, development and manufacturing

Analysis: How Jaguar Land Rover will beat the chip shortage

Just as JLR sales are starting to look up, the semiconductor crisis hits the firm hard. But there is hope on the horizon

28 July 2021
Analysis: How Jaguar Land Rover will beat the chip shortage
Electric cars

Shell to install 800 EV chargers at Waitrose shops by 2025

Project will increase the total number of Shell Recharge points in the UK eight-fold

22 July 2021
Shell to install 800 EV chargers at Waitrose shops by 2025
Tech, development and manufacturing

BMW tests vehicle-to-grid EV charging scheme with i3 fleet

Customers' i3s have been equipped with new technology to turn them into ‘mobile energy storage devices’

16 July 2021
BMW tests vehicle-to-grid EV charging scheme with i3 fleet
Tech, development and manufacturing

Autocar Business Live webinar: how to solve the semiconductor crisis

Watch the live interview on 20 July with Mike Hawes from the SMMT

14 July 2021
Autocar Business Live webinar: how to solve the semiconductor crisis
Tech, development and manufacturing

Israeli EV start-up partners with major US bodywork supplier

Tel-Aviv-based REE has also launched a configurator on which customers can create bespoke vehicles

13 July 2021
Israeli EV start-up partners with major US bodywork supplier
Electric cars

Vauxhall EV-only by 2028 as Stellantis ramps up electrification

Group outlines plan to expand its EV offering; Opel and Vauxhall EV-only by 2028, with new Manta confirmed

8 July 2021
Vauxhall EV-only by 2028 as Stellantis ramps up electrification
Ellesmere Port   Stellantis   Trio of new electric vans   July 2021
Combo-e EV, and its Peugeot and Citroen siblings, will replace Astra at Ellesmere Port
Tech, development and manufacturing

Stellantis secures future of Ellesmere Port as electric van factory

Investment of £100 million will have Vauxhall Astra factory converted to build small commercial EVs

6 July 2021
Stellantis secures future of Ellesmere Port as electric van factory
Tech, development and manufacturing

Stellantis set to confirm Ellesmere Port as EV van factory today

Reports suggest plans for commercial EV production at Cheshire site will be announced on Tuesday

6 July 2021
Stellantis set to confirm Ellesmere Port as EV van factory today
Tech, development and manufacturing

Porsche Taycan: 43,000 models recalled over powertrain glitch

Software issue could cause EV motors to randomly shut down in 0.3% of cases

2 July 2021
Porsche Taycan: 43,000 models recalled over powertrain glitch

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