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The new city car will have a ‘Vauxhall 2.0’ look, like the Experimental concept
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Vauxhall plots £22,000 urban electric car as entry model

Supermini will sit below Corsa Electric in line-up as cheap EVs become a "big pull" in industry

Vauxhall plots £22,000 urban electric car as entry model
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Diversity leads to more innovative solutions, says the Royal Academy of Engineering
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Lack of diversity threatens future of automotive engineering

Royal Academy of Engineering calls for diversity boost as figures reveal just 16% of workforce are women

Lack of diversity threatens future of automotive engineering
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The Leapmotor C01 EV is one of the cars expected to come to Europe
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Stellantis to sell Leapmotor cars in Europe after £1.3bn deal

Tech-focused car maker is one of the fastest-growing brands in China, with 111,000 sales in 2022

Stellantis to sell Leapmotor cars in Europe after £1.3bn deal
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The Nitra plant currently produces the Defender and Discovery
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Jaguar Land Rover to electrify Nitra plant as part of EV push

Slovakian site opened in 2018 and has made more than 365,000 Defender and Discovery models

Jaguar Land Rover to electrify Nitra plant as part of EV push
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The FT-Se concept was unveiled at the Tokyo motor show
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Toyota sports car concept imagines electric MR2 successor

New FT-Se concept previews the first electric sports car from Toyota's GR sub-brand

Toyota sports car concept imagines electric MR2 successor
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Mass adoption of EVs needs to be backed by "asset sharing" Coastr boss Biswajit Kundu Roy told Autocar
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Vehicle sharing 'more key' than EV adoption in climate battle

British automotive tech firm Coastr claims that just 6% of the world’s 2.4 billion cars are fully utilised

Vehicle sharing 'more key' than EV adoption in climate battle
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UK-based Horiba Mira will lead the technical development of the project
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UK-led project will slash self-driving tech costs by 40%

Certus aims to cut production times and increase safety of next-generation autonomous systems

UK-led project will slash self-driving tech costs by 40%
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Batteries will be developed for an array of sectors, including passenger EVs
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WAE will create electric car batteries at new £20m Oxford factory

Site opened today, will create 300 jobs and predominantly supply the heavy plant sector

WAE will create electric car batteries at new £20m Oxford factory
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BEV sales were propped up only by fleet sales
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September's sharp decline in private EV sales fuelled by ICE ban delay

New-numberplate month totalled 272,610 registrations; Nissan Qashqai pipped Ford Puma to best-seller

September's sharp decline in private EV sales fuelled by ICE ban delay
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The government has proposed that 22% of new car sales must be ZEVs in 2024
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Official: ZEV mandate confirms car makers must sell 22% EVs in 2024

UK government's long-overdue zero-emission vehicle mandate finally arrives; follows last week's 2030 ICE ban delay

Official: ZEV mandate confirms car makers must sell 22% EVs in 2024
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More than 1700 people lost their lives on the road last year
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UK road deaths rise for first time since 2017

1711 people died last year as traffic numbers hit pre-pandemic levels, 328 billion vehicle miles being travelled

UK road deaths rise for first time since 2017

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