Category: Automotive industry

No 10 leaves option open to impose Chinese EV tariffs if UK joins EU scheme

Beijing warns against ‘discriminatory’ step after France drops opposition to British role in Made in Europe packageNo 10 has left the door open to imposing tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles as part of the Made in Europe...

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France drops opposition to UK being included in ‘Made in Europe’ legislation

British government must however align with the European Union’s position over tariffs on Chinese EVsFrance has dropped its opposition to the UK being included in the EU’s “Made in Europe” legislation as long as the British...

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UK car industry faces ‘difficult trade-off’ between Chinese and EU markets

Britain under pressure to put tariffs on cheap Chinese vehicle imports ahead of protectionist trade measuresBritain’s car industry is grappling with a “difficult trade-off” between China and Europe, as manufacturers struggle to...

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It’s the SUV tyranny: where have all the normal family cars gone? | Coco Khan

They rule the roads and, in their wake, even old-style saloons have been supersized. It’s an illusion of consumer choiceRecently, while traipsing from showroom to showroom in search of a used car for my growing clan, the iconic...

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‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’

Wayve Uber wins first minicab licence for autonomous cabs from TfL but vehicles will have a safety driver (at first)The taxi app company Uber and the autonomous technology developer Wayve have been granted the first minicab...

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Carmakers ‘delaying investment in UK factories until EV sales rules relaxed’

Industry wants mandate forcing manufacturers to sell increasing share of electric cars each year to be easedCarmakers are delaying final decisions to invest in UK factories until electric car sales rules are relaxed, according...

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EV charger rollout in UK slows amid political uncertainty and rise in installation costs

Growth in charge points falls markedly despite surge in number of rapid-charging unitsBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK’s rollout of electric vehicle chargers has slowed amid challenging cost pressures and uncertainty over...

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Seven-day weeks and ‘debt bondage’: China’s first electric car plant in Europe mired in allegations of worker abuse

The BYD factory being built in Szeged, Hungary, is facing scrutiny after reports of EU labour laws being violated among the Chinese migrant workforce Multilingual signs in most airports in the EU opt for English, but in Hungary,...

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