Automotive News – Late April 2022

Global supply challenges wipe 100,000 cars from UK automotive output in first quarter. UK car production falls -32.4% in first quarter, a decline of 99,211 units on pandemic-affected Q1 2021. Output for March drops -33.4% to 76,900 units, as 4.3% rise in production for the UK fails to offset -41.4% exports decline. As manufacturing costs soar, sector calls for measures to shore up UK’s global competitiveness and secure the UK supply-chain. UK car manufacturing declined -32.4% during the first three months of ... Read more

Automotive News – Early April 2022

Luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) expects the global microchip shortage – which has constrained production levels – to ease throughout the next fiscal year. This follows comments by BMW chief executive, Oliver Zipse, last week, who said he expects to see an improvement in supplies, by next year at the latest. JLR, which has production plants at Halewood in Merseyside and Solihull and Castle Bromwich in the West Midlands, issued production figures for the fourth quarter, ahead of announcing its annual ... Read more

Automotive News – Late March 2022

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said today a relocation of car manufacturing back to the UK would be “good news” for the sector. “If supply chain resilience provides the opportunity to reshore more of the supply chain in the UK, we would certainly support and encourage that,” SMMT’s chief executive Mike Hawes told City A.M. Automotive makers started moving production away from eastern Europe following Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine and the consequent set of sanctions imposed on Moscow. According to ... Read more

Automotive News – Early March 2022

Ford has accelerated its electric vehicle plans for Europe, launching seven new models, announcing a battery gigafactory in Turkey, doubling investment in Germany and the phasing out of emissions from vans by 2035. The US manufacturer had previously pledged to make all cars in Europe electric by 2030 but had not set an end date for commercial vehicles. The move casts further doubt on the future of Ford’s Dagenham plant in the UK, which makes diesel engines for Transit vans. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/mar/14/ford-accelerates-electric-vehicle-push-in-europe-with-seven-new-models ____________________ Battery pioneer Britishvolt ... Read more

Automotive News – Late February 2022

Supply chain shortages squeeze January car output but EV surge brightens outlook UK car production falls -20.1% in worst January since 2009 with 68,790 units leaving factory gates. Production for overseas and domestic markets down -17.5% and -30.8% respectively. Battery electric vehicle production up a third, with one in 11 cars rolling off factory lines zero emission. UK car production fell -20.1% to 68,790 units last month, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the ... Read more

Automotive News – Early January 2022

Jaguar Land Rover's worldwide sales have continued to be hit by the global shortage of semi-conductors. Although the luxury car group started to see some improvement in microchip supply, sales for the last three months of 2021 were down 13.6% on the previous quarter at 80,126. Jaguar sales were down 25.2% at 14,407 and Land Rover down 10.5% to 65,719. JLR said underlying demand for its cars remains strong and the company has managed semi-conductor supplies to maximise production of higher margin vehicles. https://www.expressandstar.com/news/business/2022/01/13/jaguar-land-rover-sales-suffer-from-microchip-shortage/ ____________________  EU ... Read more

Automotive News – Late November 2021

Nissan stresses the importance of UK plant in global electric vehicle investment. The Japanese firm said it will spend more than £13 billion on developing electric vehicles globally in the next five years. Nissan bosses have backed its UK plant as they announced plans to spend more than £13 billion globally on developing electric vehicles. At a news conference in Japan the car manufacturer, which has a major plant in Sunderland, revealed it will develop 23 new electric models by 2030.  By that time, ... Read more

Automotive News – Early November 2021

Plug-in car performance holds steady despite overall registrations falling -24.6% 106,265 new cars registered in October, a -24.6% fall on last year and the weakest October since 1991. Plug-in vehicles now account for 16.6% of all cars registered so far in 2021. Chip shortages and tax rises mean industry expects to finish year on 1.66m units, or only 1.9% ahead of Covid-hit 2020. New car registrations have fallen for the fourth consecutive month, with a decline of -24.6% to 106,265 units compared ... Read more

Automotive News – Late October 2021

UK automotive car production falls -41.5% in September British car production falls -41.5% in September with 67,169 units leaving factory gates. Global chip shortage continues to plague production costing suppliers more than £2.4 billion. Better news for battery electric and hybrid car manufacturing as almost a third of all cars made in UK are now electrified, a new record UK car production fell -41.5% in September, the third consecutive month of decline, with 67,169 cars manufactured – the worst performing September since ... Read more

Automotive News – Early September 2021

UK new car registrations fell -22.0% in August, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). 68,033 units were registered in what is traditionally one of the quietest months of the year for new car registrations ahead of the important plate-change in September. The monthly performance was the weakest since August 2013, and down -7.6% against the average recorded over the last decade, due in part to constrained supply as the global shortage of semiconductors, an ... Read more
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