Government and legislation

Government pledges £93m for major road upgrades

“Vital” road upgrades in North Yorkshire, Hampshire and the Midlands to be rolled out with new funding

30 January 2021
Government pledges £93m for major road upgrades
Dealership, sales and marketing

Jaguar Land Rover posts £439m pre-tax profit in final quarter of 2020

Sales boosts in several markets helped kick-start financial recovery from pandemic

29 January 2021
Jaguar Land Rover posts £439m pre-tax profit in final quarter of 2020
Tech, development and manufacturing

General Motors targets zero-emission line-up by 2035

US car giant will introduce 30 battery-electric models worldwide within five years as part of a major electrification push

29 January 2021
General Motors targets zero-emission line-up by 2035
Tech, development and manufacturing

GKN Automotive to close Birmingham factory with 519 jobs lost

'Increasingly competitive' global market is said to make Erdington plant no longer viable

28 January 2021
GKN Automotive to close Birmingham factory with 519 jobs lost
Tech, development and manufacturing

UK car industry needs "significant investment", says SMMT

Boss Mike Hawes says recovery to 2016 levels of production will be "really tough" and needs "a framework" to "encourage" investment

28 January 2021
UK car industry needs "significant investment", says SMMT
Finance and corporate

Lotus names engineering chief as new company boss

Long-time Lotus engineer Matt Windle, who has also worked at Tesla and Volvo, will replace Phil Popham as MD of Norfolk firm

28 January 2021
Lotus names engineering chief as new company boss
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Long-standing dealer ‘earner’ ends on 28 Jan
Government and legislation

UK car finance tightened to become 'fairer' for customers

FCA ban on discretionary commission finance comes into effect this week, potentially saving car buyers £165m per year on finance plans

28 January 2021
UK car finance tightened to become 'fairer' for customers
Dealership, sales and marketing

UK car production last year reached lowest level since 1984

New SMMT report shows just 920,928 cars were built in 2020, representing £10.5bn of lost value

28 January 2021
UK car production last year reached lowest level since 1984
Government and legislation

World’s first urban air mobility hub wins government backing

Urban Air Port Air-One wins UK’s Future Flight Challenge to create hub for future electric VTOL aircraft

28 January 2021
World’s first urban air mobility hub wins government backing
Nissan Leaf
Nissan Leaf
Environment and energy

Nissan sets 2050 carbon neutral target date

Japanese firm pledges to reach net zero emissions for production and life cycle of all its vehicles; every Nissan to be electrified by early 2030s

27 January 2021
Nissan sets 2050 carbon neutral target date

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