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‘It was looking positive’: Vauxhall workers in shock over Luton closure

The surprise relocation of the 120-year-old factory to Cheshire stands to end a proud part of Lutonian history

The Guardian - UK

The Battery Crisis Taking Europe's EV Sector By Storm

I feel like a broken record at this point, but the electric vehicle race isn't just about cars. It's about who controls the battery supply chain, and thus one of the most crucial energy technologies of tomorrow. As is the case in the U.S., Europe is trying to break free…

InsideEVs

UK installed record 16,000 public electric car chargers in 2023

Annual increase of 43% takes total number above 53,000, of which more than 4,600 are ‘ultra-rapid’

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How electric cars became a battleground in the culture wars

EVs have become weaponised amid fears over cost of shift to battery power and job losses at carmakers

The Guardian - UK

Clock is ticking for UK car making unless battery supply chain is urgently established, say experts

A panel of automotive industry experts, including those with links to the North East, gave evidence to MPs this week

Birmingham Post

UK 'too late' to develop electric vehicle battery production for EU trade deadline

THE UK is “too late” to develop electric vehicle battery production in time to meet an EU trade deadline, a senior automotive industry figure…

The National (Scotland)

Renault-Nissan: why electric vehicles will be key to the future of the embattled auto alliance

When Carlos Ghosn was escorted off his private jet after landing at Tokyo’s Haneda airport in November 2018 and promptly arrested for alleged financial misconduct, simmering tensions between carmakers Renault and Nissan over his plans to create a single, cohesive company became all too public.

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Britishvolt: how Britain’s bright battery future fell flat

Startup that hoped to transform UK car production was once valued at more than £800m, but collapsed worth a tiny fraction of that

The Guardian - UK

Families fear to go out as drug-fuelled teens attack elderly victims and start fires

The unruly youths have thrown bricks at bus drivers, smashed the glass in the bus stop and smeared graffiti around in the town of Crook in County Durham locals have claimed

Daily Mirror

Andy Palmer’s bumpy ride: from supercars to battery buses

The man formerly known for his role at Aston Martin is leading a drive to make bus maker Switch, and the whole UK industry, a major force in electric vehicles

The Guardian - UK

Family 'overwhelmed' as huge convoy honours Bristol lorry driver killed in crash

A convoy was led by trucks and other vehicles to honour Andy's life

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