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First Valkyrie customer cars have now been delivered
Finance and corporate

Aston Martin to miss 2021 earnings target by £15m

Firm warns stock market of missed target as first customer Valkyries are belatedly delivered

7 January 2022
Aston Martin to miss 2021 earnings target by £15m
Tech, development and manufacturing

Toyota to remanufacture cars up to three times in UK

Burnaston, which builds the Toyota Corolla hatchback and estate, could help cars have even longer lives

7 January 2022
Toyota to remanufacture cars up to three times in UK
Dealership, sales and marketing

Bentley achieves another record year in 2021 with 30% growth

Luxury British firm topped 2020, its previous best sales year, thanks to model introductions and hybrid variants

6 January 2022
Bentley achieves another record year in 2021 with 30% growth
Environment and energy

Petrol drivers 'overcharged by £156 million' in December

Unleaded fuel cost 147.47p per litre but the RAC says prices should have been closer to 135p per litre “had retailers played fair”

6 January 2022
Petrol drivers 'overcharged by £156 million' in December
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The Tesla Model 3 tops the electric car sales rankings for 2021
Dealership, sales and marketing

Record-breaking year for electric car sales, but overall market flat

Latest SMMT figures show little growth in car registrations, but electrified vehicles now make up a quarter of sales

6 January 2022
Record-breaking year for electric car sales, but overall market flat
Tech, development and manufacturing

Stellantis and Amazon collaborate on digital cockpit for future EVs

Stellantis models launched globally from 2024 will use connected services provided by online giant

5 January 2022
Stellantis and Amazon collaborate on digital cockpit for future EVs
Finance and corporate

Electric vehicle group Ideanomics invests in European battery firm

Inobat, a battery supplier based in Slovakia, receives multi-million-euro investment from American group

5 January 2022
Electric vehicle group Ideanomics invests in European battery firm
Dealership, sales and marketing

Toyota becomes best-selling manufacturer in US for first time

Japanese firm ends General Motors' 90-year stint as the US market's most popular manufacturer

5 January 2022
Toyota becomes best-selling manufacturer in US for first time
Finance and corporate

Stock take: Will the markets continue to back start-ups like Rivian?

Nascent EV firms have been attaining astronomical valuations for several years now, led by Tesla. Will it carry on forever?

5 January 2022
Stock take: Will the markets continue to back start-ups like Rivian?
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Volvo's new president and CEO Jim Rowan
Finance and corporate

Volvo names ex-Dyson boss as new president and CEO

Jim Rowan will take the helm at Volvo in March as Håkan Samuelsson steps down after nearly a decade

4 January 2022
Volvo names ex-Dyson boss as new president and CEO

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