Vauxhall owner was ‘confident’ about meeting EV rules before factory shutdown Exclusive: Stellantis executive’s recent comments to investors undermine claim Luton closure was down to emission mandate The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2024
Wells Fargo: Trump tariffs would add $2.1K to the price of cars made by US automakers and could cost Ford, Stellantis, and GM billions in profit “Autos are stuck in the middle of Trump's geopolitics,” Wells Fargo analysts write. Fortune · Nov 27, 2024
UK Government To Review Auto Manufacturers' Electric Vehicle Targets Britain's Labour government consults on auto manufacturers' sales targets amid shift to electric vehicles, addressing challenges faced by Stellantis and ot... Top News · Nov 27, 2024
Nissan's Situation Gets Dire: '12 Or 14 Months To Survive' As 2024 starts drawing to a close, it's more clear than ever that the business-as-usual era of the traditional auto industry is over. InsideEVs · Nov 27, 2024
Minister warns of ‘challenges’ for car makers on top of Luton plant closure Vauxhall owner Stellantis’ decision to close its Luton factory, putting 1,100 jobs at risk, came after Government efforts to save the plant failed. Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2024
Vauxhall workers face 140-mile relocation or job loss as Stellantis shuts factory More than 1,000 Vauxhall workers will need to move from Luton to Cheshire to keep their jobs as Stellantis consolidates EV manufacturing. Fortune · Nov 27, 2024
Business Secretary to face MPs amid concerns over electric vehicle mandate It comes after Vauxhall-owner Stellantis said it would close its van-making plant in Luton, putting 1,100 jobs at risk. Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2024
Electric vehicle targets not working as intended, says Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said he was ‘profoundly concerned’ about the impact of the policy following news Vauxhall owner would close a factory in Luton. Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2024
Trump's threat to impose tariffs could raise prices for consumers, colliding with promise for relief If Donald Trump makes good on his threat to slap 25% tariffs on everything imported from Mexico and Canada, the price increases that could follow will collide with his campaign promise to give American families a break from inflation The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2024
Vauxhall owner to shut Luton factory amid ‘stringent’ zero-emission targets Stellantis announced plans to shut the Luton factory next April, putting more than 1,100 jobs at risk. Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2024
Auto Stocks Drop Amid Concerns Over Trump's Tariff Plans Major automakers' shares decline as Trump proposes 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada, affecting North American auto industry. Top News · Nov 26, 2024
Vauxhall owner plans to shut Luton van factory, putting 1,100 jobs at risk Stellantis says it will shift production from Bedfordshire to plant at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2024
Around 1,100 jobs at risk as Vauxhall owner plans to shut Luton factory Stellantis said it was expecting to close the site in April next year. Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2024
It's Happening: Chrysler Confirms a Pacifica EV Right now, Chrysler's only offering to the motoring world is the Pacifica minivan. Technically, the Voyager was resurrected for 2025, but that's really just a Pacifica with fewer options and a lower price tag. Now, we learn another Pacifica variant is coming, this time as a full-on EV. Motor1 · Nov 22, 2024
Motor1 · Nov 22, 2024 The Jeep Cherokee Returns Next Year With Hybrid Power A Jeep Cherokee replacement is coming. Speaking to journalists at the 2024 Los Angeles Auto Show, Jeep CEO Antonio Filosa revealed a new hybrid SUV would arrive next year.
Motor1 · Nov 21, 2024 Citroen Flunks Another Crash Test with Zero Stars Earlier this month, Suzuki showed the world a cheap car doesn’t necessarily have to skimp on safety. Its $8,000 sedan grabbed all five stars in the Global NCAP crash test, proving an econobox is not always a death trap. In a separate crash test organized by Latin NCAP, things didn’t…
Motor1 · Nov 20, 2024 Stellantis Keeps ICE Alive With New Modular Body-On-Frame Platform Here's a glimpse of the future we seldom see. Stellantis on Wednesday unveiled what it calls the STLA Frame, the platform its large body-on-frame vehicles will soon begin using. It's a flexible architecture designed from the ground up to accommodate fully electric powertrains, range-extended electric powertrains, internal combustion powertrains, and…
Motor1 · Nov 20, 2024 No, the Citroën SM Is Not Coming Back In its 110-year history, Maserati has passed through various hands, from those of the founder to Stellantis, finding itself in the same deck as Citroën and DS. The proximity to France repeats (in part) a story already lived through, the one from 1968 to 1975, which saw the Double Chevron as…
InsideEVs · Nov 20, 2024 Ram 1500 REV And Ramcharger Delayed To 2025 The Ram 1500 REV all-electric pickup truck debuted back in February 2023. The Ram 1500 Ramcharger extended-range EV followed in November 2023. Both were supposed to go on sale in the fourth quarter of this year, but as you might have noticed, that hasn’t happened yet.
Motor1 · Nov 20, 2024 Ram 1500 REV and Ramcharger Delayed to 2025 In recent years, we’ve noticed an annoying trend. Automakers have developed a bad habit of revealing new models they don’t intend to have on sale for a long time. In some cases, it takes more than a year from the moment a vehicle is revealed until it actually hits the…
InsideEVs · Nov 19, 2024 Stellantis' New 'Engineering Marvel' Trucks Aim For 690 Miles Of Range Stellantis is under increasing pressure to deliver. The European conglomerate, with as many as 14 brands under its umbrella, including Jeep, Dodge and Ram, has struggled to keep pace with the fast-growing electric vehicle industry. Just over the past year, it has laid off hundreds of employees, its workers have…
InsideEVs · Nov 14, 2024 China's Xiaomi Just Smashed Another Tesla Record If building cars were easy, everybody would do it. Well, just about every electronics maker has thought about it—Apple, Dyson, Sony, to name a few. But Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi lived out its dreams, and now it's got some real bragging rights.
Motor1 · Nov 13, 2024 Fiat Is Selling Hybrids that Run on Ethanol Hybrids have a long history that goes back to 1901 with Ferdinand Porsche's Loehner-Porsche "Mixte." However, it wasn’t until the 1990s that the technology gained traction, fueled by the launch of the original Prius. Most hybrids have gas engines but some from Mercedes use diesels. Peugeot was the first to introduce…
The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024 Wall Street makes wagers on the likely winners and losers in a second Trump term Wall Street is already making big bets on what take two for a White House led by Donald Trump will mean for the economy and markets
InsideEVs · Nov 10, 2024 Why Stellantis' STLA Medium Platform Should Make Range Champ EVs Stellantis isn’t doing all that great this year. Sales are down, competition from China is brutal in Europe, layoffs are underway in the U.S. and revenue dropped nearly 30% in the third quarter of 2024. But the firm, which owns 14 iconic automotive brands including Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram, says…