BYD has increased its global sales tenfold in five years
UK is a "very high priority" as a market but won't host a plant due to insufficient labour
Courier (silver) and Puma (yellow) are built at Craiova
Building cars in road-deficient Romania is hard work, but Ford’s persistence is paying off
Chinese firms will avoid EV import tariffs and solve Austrian contract manufacturer's overcapacity problem
Just 78,012 vehicles rolled off UK lines in January
Drop in exports exacerbates already tough situation for UK manufacturers
Volklec's cylindrical cells will be built under license from Chinese firm Far East Battery
Coventry-based Volklec aims to supply cells for the “underserved” market with help from China
Electric Cooper and Aceman models, currently built in China, were due to start rolling out of UK plant next year
Nissan will close three factories worldwide in £2 billion savings drive following collapse of Honda merger talks
Almost all UK car makers recorded a decline in production in 2024, leading to smallest total for 70 years
Production of the Fiat 500 returned to Italy with the current-generation car in 2020
Conglomerate aims to repair rocky relationship by announcing it will build cars in Italy until at least 2032
Ineos paused production of the Grenadier in September
Manufacturer faced problems that could have forced it to halt production for "much, much longer"
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