FOLLOW UP: SECOND UK-BASED VW EMISSIONS CLAIM LAUNCHED
The legal firm, Leigh Day, has launched a second emissions claim against Volkswagen, this time connected with the fix. They are claiming that VW “covertly made fundamental changes to affected vehicles” by altering other engine types that were not part of the #dieselgate outcry. Volkswagen responded that they have not been informed of such action and believe such claims to be without merit. To read more, click the Autocar article here.
FOLLOW UP: JLR TO FOCUS ON RELIABILITY ISSUES
After last week’s show, where the chaps discussed what they saw as holding Jaguar Land Rover back, which wasn’t the designs, Thierry Bolloré announced that they would be solving the company’s reliability and build quality issues. To read more, whilst the chaps wait for their consulting fee to arrive from the firm, click the Autocar article here.
NEW CAR REGISTRATION FIGURES FOR JUNE 2021
The June registration figures are up on last year, as expected, but they are not at the levels of 2019, with much talk about constrained supply chains. The Tesla Model 3 was topped the charts for the most registered. To find out more, click the SMMT link here.
SUNDERLAND TO BE NISSAN’S EV HUB
Sunderland has been selected as Nissan’s EV Hub, following investment from both the company and the UK Government, to secure the site’s future. To read more about this news, click the Nissan press release here.
As additional information, click Pernile Rudlin’s twitter thread explaining the deal here.
Thanks to the decision the UK has made, about it’s position in the global market, there is now a rush for more battery factories, which you can read more about by clicking the Guardian’s link here.
ELLESMERE PORT PLANT SAVED
Stellantis has confirmed that it will invest in the Ellesmere Port Vauxhall plant, so that it can make small commercial EVs. This will be the first electric vehicle only plant in the Group. To read more, click the Autocar article here.
PORSCHE RECALLING TAYCAN OVER SOFTWARE GLITCH
Porsche are recalling around 45,000 Taycan cars over a software bug that can cause the vehicle to cut power and get a warning notification to pull over. 135 cars have suffered from this error, which can be sorted by a reboot. To read more, click the EVO article here.
SHELL OPENS 10MW HYDROGEN ELECTROLYSIS PLANT
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