Four of Europe’s largest carmakers have joined forces to roll out a charging network for electric cars in an attempt to boost sales of battery-powered vehicles and help avoid missing CO2 targets that would leave them facing billions of euros in fines. Volkswagen, Daimler, BMW and Ford said they would build 400 charging stations starting next year, with an ambition of having “thousands” available to electric car customers across Europe by the end of the decade before new CO2 rules come into ... Read more

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Autosport International is Europe's largest indoor pre-season motorsport event and will be celebrating its 27th anniversary between 12th-15th January 2017 at the NEC in Birmingham. The show is unique in that it encompasses two trade-only days and also two days for the general public. Featuring the very latest in motorsport, automotive and performance engineering technology, alongside cars and exhibitors from every level of motor racing, the show provides the perfect platform for members of the industry to meet, network and do business as ... Read more

Strong sales across Europe helped car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover achieve its strongest global October sales to date, selling 46,325 vehicles, up 12% year-on-year. The month’s performance was reportedly driven by improved sales of the Land Rover Discovery Sport, the Range Rover Evoque and the Jaguar F-PACE. Jaguar Land Rover sold 480,349 vehicles in the first ten months of 2016, up 23% on the same period in the prior year. Jaguar Land Rover’s world-class engine family has been designed and built from scratch to ... Read more

  In this article trade mark attorney and partner at Barker Brettell, and member of the firm’s automotive sector group, Lucy Walker, looks at some of the trade mark disputes in the automotive industry and considers lessons that can be learnt as well as highlighting points for best practice. As long as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, it seems there will always be trade mark battles in the automotive industry. But is it really worth the fight? In ... Read more

US electric carmaker Tesla, which has yet to make a profit, has reported a sharp rise in car deliveries for the past quarter. The firm said it shipped 24.500 cars in the third quarter, up 70% on the second quarter and more than double the number delivered in the same period in 2015. It also confirmed its 50,000 production target for the second half of 2016.   ____________________   Sales of new cars in the UK rose in September, helped by strong purchases from fleet buyers ... Read more

Nissan is delaying new investments in its Sunderland plant until the UK has concluded Brexit negotiations with the EU, its chief executive said yesterday in the first public admission by a carmaker that concerns over future tariffs are hurting business decisions.   Carlos Ghosn, who also runs France’s Renault, said that the Japanese carmaker would defer decisions on where to build new generations of models currently assembled in Britain’s largest car factory until it knows whether it will face tariffs when exporting to ... Read more

Government to invest £35 million to help thriving £70 billion automotive sector and create highly-skilled automotive and advanced manufacturing jobs. Investment will also improve industrial transport links on the A45, including a new bridge to connect Whitley South to the existing Jaguar Land Rover engineering centre and global HQ. An expanded automotive business zone in Whitley, near Coventry, is set to become home to nearly 3,000 highly-skilled engineering and advanced manufacturing jobs, following £35 million in government investment, Business and Energy Secretary Greg ... Read more

Mitsubishi Motors has been told to stop selling eight more models after it was found they overstated fuel efficiency.  The latest models affected by the fuel efficiency scandal include variants of the Pajero, Outlander and RVR SUV cars.   “Our investigation confirmed that the fuel economy on eight models were as much as 8.8% and on average 4.2% lower than advertised,” the Japanese transport ministry said in a statement. The ministry ordered the carmaker to stop selling those eight models on the domestic ... Read more

The ReshoringUK Automotive Networking Event was a great success. Over 100 attendees on the day and presentations for the countries leading OEM and Tier 1 suppliers as well as Interviews with Jaguar Land Rover, Autodesk and Lloyds bank   https://youtu.be/Zw1y4xiWD50     Read more