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Toyota is one of the UK's biggest car producers – but questions hang over its future here
Electric vehicles

UK car industry on precipice after bungled shift to EV

Grim month for UK automotive plc illustrates scale of job to transition domestic industry to electric

9 November 2022
UK car industry on precipice after bungled shift to EV
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New company Ampere will produce six EVs for Renault by 2030, including 5 supermini
Electric vehicles

Renault creates new company Ampere to lead EV, software push

Ampere will produce one million EVs for Renault in 2031; public listing expected in late 2023

8 November 2022
Renault creates new company Ampere to lead EV, software push
Nio ES6 2022 leaving battery swap station
Chinese brand Nio offers different sizes of swappable batteries – 75kWh, 100kWh and soon 150kWh
Electric vehicles

How to make electric vehicle battery swapping work in the UK

Battery swapping is touted as the fix-all solution to charging anxieties, but could it ever come here?

8 November 2022
How to make electric vehicle battery swapping work in the UK
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The £350,000 electromod was renamed The 67 by Charge Cars
Electric vehicles

Charge Cars ramps up expansion plans amid Arrival upheaval

Makers of the electro-mod Mustang will push on with orders despite troubles at its British sibling brand

1 November 2022
Charge Cars ramps up expansion plans amid Arrival upheaval
Battery
Wolfspeed's tech will power the Range Rover EV (2024) and Jaguar's model range (2025)
New cars

Wolfspeed to supply chips for next-gen JLR vehicles

The all-electric Range Rover will use the technology first, before all Jaguar vehicles from 2025

31 October 2022
Wolfspeed to supply chips for next-gen JLR vehicles
Electric vehicles

MPs warn ZEV mandate will damage UK automotive industry

Business and Trade Committee calls on the government to bring forward review of enforced EV sales targets

21 May 2026
MPs warn ZEV mandate will damage UK automotive industry
Electric vehicles

Renault's EV success shields Dacia from ZEV mandate

Dacia sells only one EV yet is shielded from big fines by the electric success of its parent brand

23 July 2026
Renault's EV success shields Dacia from ZEV mandate
Electric cars

VW sales boss: ZEV mandate will increase ICE car prices in UK

Martin Sander warns that manufacturers will need to compensate for heavy EV discounts by hiking ICE prices

12 March 2026
VW sales boss: ZEV mandate will increase ICE car prices in UK

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