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UK vehicle production declined by -17.7% in the first month of the year, with factories turning out 71,104 cars and 6,908 commercial vehicles (CVs) for a total of 78,012 units. The performance follows a strong January last year, when car and CV output surged by 21.0% and 27.5% respectively, and reflects weakness in key markets, notably the EU, China and ...

UK vehicle production fell -11.8% to 905,223 vehicles in 2024 amid ‘tough economic conditions’ and structural change as factories switched from ICE to EV manufacturing. The Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT), which released the figures, said the latest independent production outlook expects UK car and light van production to be around 839,000 units in 2025 before rising to ...

UK car production crashed -30.1% in November to a 44-year low. It was the ninth consecutive month of decline with a 64,216 cars rolling off factory lines, 27,711 fewer than in November last year, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT). It said the fall was due to product decisions, weakness in key global markets and ...

The motor sector met with Ministers to discuss the ZEV Mandate which it believes is being pushed too fast while having a negative impact on the market. The Mandate means that at least 22% of new cars and 10% of new vans sold in 2024 must be electric and the percentage for cars takes a further hike in 2025 to ...

  JLR is investing £500m in its Halewood facility to produce electric vehicles, alongside existing combustion and hybrid models at the plant. Originally built in 1963 to produce the Ford Anglia, Halewood is being transformed for the electric era. So far, £250m has been invested in the site, which has been extended by 32,364 sqm to produce JLR’s medium-sized electric ...

UK car production fell by -8.4% to 41,271 units in August as factories wind down production of key models and retool for new – primarily electric – model production. Year to date, UK car production is down -8.5% at 522,823 units and output for the UK market is up 12.3%. Electrified (battery electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid) production for the ...

  The UK car sector can expect an “ongoing degree of volatility” as the UK industry restructures to transition to zero emission vehicle production That’s the view of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) which today announced that UK car production fell by -14.4% to 65,478 in July. It said the decline in output due predominantly to model ...

UK car manufacturing output fell by -7% in April, down to 61,820 units Output for the UK – at 14,021 units – rose 19.8% but failed to offset a -12.7% decline in production for overseas buyers to 47,799 units, with nearly eight in 10 cars made shipped to global markets. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders, which ...

Production of the new, fifth generation three-door MINI Cooper has begun at the home of MINI, Plant Oxford. The MINI Cooper will be priced from £22,300 with first customer deliveries expected in spring. It will be available in two model variants, the MINI Cooper C and the performance enhanced MINI Cooper S. Stefanie Wurst, head of MINI said: “This milestone ...

UK vehicle production hit 1,025,474 units in 2023, the first time they have exceeded one million since 2019 before the pandemic. With 905,117 cars and 120,357 commercial vehicles (CVs) produced, output was up 17% on the previous year, according to figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The easing of pandemic-related challenges, from chip shortages to ...