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UK motor industry news: carmakers, EVs and charging, recalls, regulation and motorsport business

Motorsport Business

Mercedes books £166.7m operating profit while McLaren reports a £42.8m loss in 2025 F1 team accounts

Mercedes made £166.7m operating profit in 2025 and McLaren a £42.8m loss, as Liberty Media's team payments rose to $1.4bn from $1.266bn in 2024.

13 November 2026, 19:48

Industry & Makers

JLR books £530m of job-cut costs in a £451m quarterly loss, with 3,000 of 4,000 exits confirmed

13 November 2026, 16:36

DfT consultation puts the 2030 ZEV target at 80% while reports say a cut to around 60% is due in mid-November

11 November 2026, 12:53

OZEV tells English councils to set permit and safety rules for cross-pavement EV charging gullies

8 November 2026, 13:06

Electric vans take 12.9% of UK van sales in October as the ZEV mandate target for 2026 stands at 24%

8 November 2026, 08:58

Latest news

ENVI text sets 87.5% as EU 2035 car CO2 cut, down from 100%, while UK keeps its 2035 zero-emission goal

7 November 2026, 17:47

MEPs on Environment Committee vote 48 to 30 to cut EU 2035 car CO2 target from 100% to 87.5%

7 November 2026, 10:56

Industry & Makers

JLR ends Evoque and Velar production in mid-2027 and moves Halewood to a Range Rover GT expected at £90,000

6 November 2026, 17:07

Recalls & Safety

Volkswagen limits charging to 80% on about 5,000 UK electric cars over a battery overheating and fire risk

6 November 2026, 10:59

SMMT reports UK car registrations up 5.4% to 152,730 in October as BEV share hits 32.0% against 33% target

5 November 2026, 12:53

Industry & Makers

BMW cuts 2026 automotive margin guidance to between -0.5% and 0.5% from 4% to 6% on 8,000 job cuts

4 November 2026, 13:39

Industry & Makers

Schaeffler plans 3,460 European job cuts, 2,660 in Germany, to save about €300m a year from 2030

3 November 2026, 15:08

GM must get express consent before collecting driver location data under $220m deal with 36 attorneys general

2 November 2026, 11:12

EVs & Charging More ›

Review for DfT puts public EV charging at 17p to 20p a mile, against 2p at home and 22p for petrol

1 November 2026, 10:58

Treasury sets up taskforce to test home electricity tariffs at slow EV chargers and adds £100m from 2027

31 October 2026, 14:23

Budget sets aside £100m to cut prices at lower-powered public EV chargers from spring 2027

29 October 2026, 17:46

Guardian reports DfT ZEV mandate consultation could give carmakers a V2G credit to sell one more petrol car

27 October 2026, 11:36

Recalls & Safety More ›

DVSA finds 11 of 13 tyres tested missed label classes and all 3 Fiat 500 catalytic converters failed

26 October 2026, 16:06

Industry & Makers More ›

UK car and van output rises 36.3% to 74,031 in September but stays 3.0% down over nine months

30 October 2026, 13:26

Regulation More ›

ICCT study finds weakening EU car CO2 rules could cut up to 185,000 jobs by 2035, 6% below 2025

28 October 2026, 12:42

DVSA tests 18 vehicles against Euro 6 and Euro 5 in 2025 emissions programme, names six with no compliance concerns

25 October 2026, 08:23

TfL proposes fully electric requirement for newly licensed London minicabs from 3 July 2028

24 October 2026, 08:24

SMMT says ZEV mandate needs 265,000 more BEV sales in Q4 to hit 33% as consultation closes

23 October 2026, 20:56

Automotive & E-Mobility More ›

China Automotive Systems Is About to Report Its 2025 Full-Year Financials, The Previews Are More Interesting Than Expected

26 May 2026, 14:32

The eVTOL Timeline Is Stretching for Every Company Except One, Here’s the Stock That’s Actually on Schedule

26 May 2026, 05:30

How Genpact’s AI-Driven Mobility Finance Model Is Changing the Customer Experience at Every Stage of the Auto Loan

25 May 2026, 08:20

The Great EV Lease Revival: How Automakers Are Hacking Monthly Payments to Move Inventory

25 May 2026, 07:20