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Automotive industry

  • UK’s second biggest automotive firm Pendragon’s profits soar in post-pandemic revival

    March 23, 2022

    The second biggest automotive retailer in the UK, Pendragon, increased its underlying pre-tax profit by ten-fold in 2021. The Nottingham-based firm increased its revenue by 18 per cent from the pandemic year, making £61.5m in profit after 2020’s near-£25m loss.  It also had £83m in underlying profit before tax, a major improvement from 2020 which [...]

  • Polestar 5: new electric Porsche-rival is being developed in Britain

    February 21, 2022

    Polestar has a new R&D division in Coventry to mastermind its EVs, starting with the Polestar 5 – a competitor for the Porsche Taycan.

  • Iveco’s profits boom following surge in orders

    February 8, 2022

    Automotive giant Iveco has registered a boom in profits after closing 2021 with a 77 per cent increase in worldwide order intake. The group’s profits for the full year surged from a net loss of €167m to a €140m adjusted net income, while adjusted diluted earnings per share went up to €0.43 from a loss [...]

  • Best year ever for plug-in cars: Tesla becomes UK’s second best-selling car as electric vehicle take-up accelerates

    January 6, 2022

    Tesla’s Model 3 became the UK’s second best-selling new car last year, signalling the appetite for electric vehicles. In fact, it was the best year on record for plug-in cars, both battery electrics and plug-in hybrids, with 305,000 registered, accounting for around one in six of all new cars bought. But overall demand for new [...]

  • Tech Special: The jobs, sectors and countries most at risk of automation and robotics in 2022

    January 5, 2022

    Digital change and automation are driving enormous productivity gains in the world of work. However, the rapid changes mean many individuals, businesses and even entire nations will be hugely impacted by automation and tech, with some roles and jobs to be replaced by robots altogether. Many of the industries that are most at risk of [...]

  • Learning how to change gears a thing of the past as electric vehicles take over, says AA president

    December 27, 2021

    The need for drivers to learn how to change gears will soon be eliminated as electric vehicles take over, the president of the AA has said. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Edmund King said the Government’s decision to ban the sale of all new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030 has [...]

  • Worst November since 1984 for UK car industry despite strong demand for electric vehicles

    December 23, 2021

    Despite a surge in demand for battery electric vehicles, UK car production saw the worst November performance since 1984 last month The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said November UK car production was the fifth consecutive month of decline, dropping 28.7 per cent to 75,756 units, the worst figure seen in 37 years, [...]

  • British Lamborghinis supplier to debut on AIM with £75m listing

    December 20, 2021

    CT Automotive will debut on London’s junior stock market with a market capitalisation of around £75m this week, after raising £33.6m in an initial public offering (IPO). The company supplies parts for the interiors of cars, such as cup holders, air vents and dashboard panels. Nissan, luxury brands including Bentley and Lamborghini and electric car [...]

  • Will autonomous vehicles succeed in revolutionising travel?

    December 6, 2021  |  City Talk

    Investors have a bird’s-eye view of the driverless revolution happening before their eyes Recently, Cruise, the autonomous vehicle subsidiary of General Motors, announced that they plan to have one million or more autonomous vehicles in their fleet by 2030. In late September 2020, the research arm of Toyota Motor Corporation, Woven Planet, acquired Renovo, an automotive operating system software [...]

  • Cazoo acquires Spanish car marketplace in €30m deal

    November 16, 2021

    London-based online car retailer Cazoo has acquired Spanish car subscription marketplace Swipcar in a €30m deal, following the decision to expand more into the European market. “Swipcar has built a market-leading car subscription marketplace in Spain adding hundreds of new customers every month,” Alex Chesterman, Cazoo’s founder and chief executive said. “This deal will enable [...]

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