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Coronavirus focus should also be applied to reduce road deaths - FIA President

Former Ferrari team boss Jean Todt highlights that more people die on roads on average each day than have died of coronavirus

8 May 2020
Coronavirus focus should also be applied to reduce road deaths - FIA President
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UK road usage increasing despite lockdown still being in place

RAC survey finds more drivers are taking their cars out now than at the beginning of the lockdown

8 May 2020
UK road usage increasing despite lockdown still being in place
VW Group factory
VW Group has about 100 new Covid-19 safety measures
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Analysis: How car makers are restarting production

As the first factories return to work after coronavirus lockdown, we explore which firms are making the shift and how they're doing it

7 May 2020
Analysis: How car makers are restarting production
BMW
BMW
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BMW: coronavirus will affect new car demand for rest of 2020

Firm lowers profit forecast, warns European sales might not recover when restrictions ease as fast as in China

6 May 2020
BMW: coronavirus will affect new car demand for rest of 2020
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Tesla Model 3 is April's best-selling new car in UK

Electric saloon accounted for around 15% of all sales, as the new car market plummeted 97% due to the pandemic

5 May 2020
Tesla Model 3 is April's best-selling new car in UK
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Revealed: Government in talks to reopen car dealers this month

Earliest possible date is 11 May if the government hits metrics to ease lockdown

1 May 2020
Revealed: Government in talks to reopen car dealers this month
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British firm to roll out affordable street-side charger in Brighton

Hampshire-based City EV will install 200 3kW chargers in the Sussex city, following similar schemes in London and Reading

1 May 2020
British firm to roll out affordable street-side charger in Brighton
Rolls-Royce Goodwood
Rolls-Royce production to restart at Goodwood
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Rolls-Royce to be first car firm to resume UK production

British marque to open Goodwood facility on Monday 4 May, with 1000 staff working a single shift

30 April 2020
Rolls-Royce to be first car firm to resume UK production
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Hitachi partners with EV service station developer Gridserve

Japanese giant has invested £5.6m so far; UK firm's first solar-powered site set to open in summer

30 April 2020
Hitachi partners with EV service station developer Gridserve
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UK plant closures to cost car industry £8.2bn

Car production fell 37.6% in March, as research predicts financial impact on industry

30 April 2020
UK plant closures to cost car industry £8.2bn

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