Bridgwater factory will initially create batteries for JLR and Tata Motors; 40GWh capacity will be largest in Europe Work has begun in building what will become one of Europe’s largest EV battery factories - and the Somerset site is planned to open in 2027. It comes more than a year after the £4billion

Why the 296 GTB engineer now wants to make mainstream cars fun It turns out there’s an 11-week lead on a half-hour audience with Philippe Krief. Surprised? Don’t be. In September last year, the man from Marseille became the Renault Group’s new chief technology officer. This would be a substantial professional endeavour

Diane Miller's remarkable leadership has helped transform Stellantis' massive UK plant Diane Miller, Stellantis’s top UK car manufacturing executive and winner of Autocar’s 2025 Editors’ Award, has loved cars all her adult life – preferably in very large numbers – and can vividly remember the day the obsession began. From a post-graduate

Terra pick-up and Traveler SUV will form the new Scout EV line-up The Scout name is being revived as a VW Group-backed maker of off-road EVs It would be easy to dismiss Scout Motors as yet another retro revival, a way of trying to attach some emotion to new electric

Firm could end production at Norfolk factory after 59 years and start building cars in US Lotus UK has been told it needs to prepare for the end of production at Hethel as the Geely-owned company pivots production towards the US. The order to stop has come from Lotus management in China, 

Aston Martin, Hyundai and MG are among the brands making a splash at this year's Festival of Speed The Goodwood Festival of Speed (10-13 July) is just weeks away and it's shaping up to be one of the highlights of the motoring year. It will host big reveals from Lanzante, Hyundai, MG and

Eletre SUV will be first to gain a hybrid powertrain but sports cars are also being investigated Lotus is testing its upcoming ‘Hyper Hybrid’ technology in sports cars as the company continues its pivot away from a pure electric future amid falling sales. It is “investigating the feasibility” of a sports car with