UK passenger car sales fell 1.6% yoy to 151,154 units in November 2025, according to the data released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on December 4. Year-to-date sales increased 3.4% with 1,874,271 cars registered in the January-November period of 2025.
November sales for VW rose 4.9% to 13,

On December 3, the UK Government announced that a new GBP 20 million UK-Germany EV technology project led by Mercedes-Benz will create over 150 jobs in Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire.
The project led by Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains will create over 150 high-value new jobs and secure 34 existing roles.

Aeva has been chosen as the exclusive Tier-1 LiDAR supplier for a top European passenger car OEM’s global vehicle platform outside China, marking one of the company’s largest production awards to date. The multi-year program, which runs into the mid-2030s, will integrate Aeva’s Atlas Ultra 4D LiDAR across multiple ve

On December 3, the UK Government announced that Renault 4, Renault 5, Alpine A290 and MINI Countryman now qualify for the full GBP 3,750 Electric Car Grant (ECG). The update doubles the number of EVs eligible for the top discount, giving buyers GBP 3,750 off a total of eight popular models.
The government has allocat

On December 3, JLR began trialling drone technology at its Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre (EPMC) in Wolverhampton, reducing machinery and site inspection time by up to 95%.
The drones can reach high and confined areas, allowing teams to inspect equipment safely from the ground without using elevated platfo

On December 2, Wayve launched GAIA-3, a new generation of its generative world model designed to accelerate the evaluation and validation of its autonomous driving AI. At 15 billion parameters, GAIA-3 is double the size of GAIA-2, with a video tokenizer that is also twice as large, enabling a more faithful representa

On November 20, Warwick Acoustics announced that it has developed Electrostatic Audio Systems for automotive markets, capable of making a car sound up to ten times larger than its actual size.
The company’s 1 mm-thick flat speakers produce planar, or “near-flat,” sound waves. With their ultra-light and thin design,

On December 1, Wayve announced the acquisition of Quality Match, a German startup. Founded in 2019, Quality Match brings deep expertise in interpreting and analysing data used to train AI models for applications such as advanced assisted and automated driving. This acquisition reflects Wayve’s continued investment in

On November 28, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) announced that the number of UK vehicle production for October decreased 30.9% over the previous year to 62,116 units. Passenger car production was down 23.8% to 59,010 units and commercial vehicle production was down 74.9% to 3,106 units year over

On November 26, the UK Government announced that it is introducing Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED), a new mileage charge for electric and plug-in hybrid cars, which will come into effect from April 2028. Drivers will pay for their mileage alongside their existing VED.
While it is fair for EV drivers to contribute

On November 27, AESC UK announced that it is recruiting for more than 100 new roles as the company prepares to launch its new electric vehicle (EV) battery gigafactory in Sunderland, UK.
The new 15.8 GWh gigafactory will produce lithium-ion batteries for UK-made EVs and support the launch of the next-generation Niss

On November 25, Toyota UK announced prices and specification details of the new Aygo X Hybrid, which will be available to order from December 1. Customer deliveries are scheduled to start from January 2026.
The model becomes Toyota’s smallest hybrid and the first A-segment city car to adopt this technology. It is lau

On November 25, Parkopedia announced an expanded partnership with SoundHound AI to introduce an in-vehicle voice AI parking agent as part of SoundHound’s in-car voice commerce platform. The collaboration integrates Parkopedia’s extensive global parking database, covering more than 90 million spaces in over 20,000 cit

On November 18, Southend-on-Sea City Council announced a partnership with Zest to install over 3,000 public chargers across the city. The project starts early next year. The new network will include a mix of lamp posts, fast, and rapid chargers to suit different drivers' needs. The project is supported by GBP 1.4 mil

On November 22, the UK Government announced the UK’s new Critical Minerals Strategy. The strategy is backed by up to GBP 50 million in new funding. It aims to reduce the UK’s overreliance on imports of critical minerals by ramping up domestic production. It will ensure no more than 60% of the UK’s supply of any one c

On November 25, TIER IV announced a collaboration with HORIBA MIRA, a UK-based automotive engineering and testing services provider, to accelerate the development and commercialization of autonomous driving technology in Europe.
As the first step in their collaboration, the two companies will begin demonstrating auto

The powertrain in modern EVs has become a cyber-physical system where software controls motion. Think about driving an Electric Vehicle (EV) on a connected highway. It would be smart, efficient, and always talking to cloud systems, chargers, and sensors. Now imagine how that same car could suddenly speed up or slow d

On November 24, Toyota UK announced the all-new Urban Cruiser, a compact electric SUV that will go on sale on December 1 as the first model in a new battery-electric product rollout.
The Urban Cruiser offers two battery options: a 49-kWh in the Icon grade producing 106 kW with up to 213 miles of WLTP range, and a 61-

On November 13, HighTec EDV-Systeme announced its membership in the SOAFEE initiative (Scalable Open Architecture for Embedded Edge). HighTec provides automotive-grade toolchains built on open-source LLVM technology, ISO 26262 ASIL D, and ISO 21434 qualified for Rust and C/C++, with broad multi-architecture support f

On November 19, MG Motor UK announced the launch of the all-new MGS6 EV. The vehicle will be offered in both rear and all-wheel drive options.
The all-new MGS6 EV is the third MG model to use the Modular Scalable Platform. It is offered in three variants, which include the SE Long Range with 180 kW of power and a 32