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• GM Tells Suppliers: Steer Clear of Chinese Parts

  13-11-2025 22:30 via motor1.com
  
  Geopolitical tensions are forcing automakers like General Motors to rethink their supply chains.
  
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• The best-selling cars in the UK: Ford Puma rockets ahead

  13-11-2025 21:24 via autocar.co.uk
  The small crossover, which was crowned 2024's best-seller, tops the charts after a strong JuneAs 2025 draws to a close, one car continues to dominate Britain’s roads.
  The Ford Puma remains the UK’s best-selling car, comfortably maintaining its lead in the sales charts. Should it hold this position through to year’s end, it will secure its crown for a second consecutive year - a remarkable achievement in such a competitive market.
  After all, the industry remains volatile as manu
  
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• TVR Is Back Again—And It Could Go Electric

  13-11-2025 19:54 via motor1.com
  
  A company called Charge Holdings has taken ownership of the TVR name with plans to revive the Griffith with an ‘electrified’ powertrain.
  
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• 'You Can See the Power:' BMW Explains Why the M3's Rear Doors Look So Weird

  13-11-2025 19:31 via motor1.com
  
  That fender-to-door transition is meant to portray power—and on the M3 and M5, it works.
  
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• The Toyota Tacoma Is Still the Most Popular Truck in Its Class—And It's Not Even Close

  13-11-2025 18:30 via motor1.com
  
  The Tacoma is on track to have its best sales year in a decade, while its competitors are playing catch-up.
  
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• Nissan Still Has 'No Clear Plan' for the Next GT-R

  13-11-2025 17:00 via motor1.com
  
  Nissan has vowed the GT-R will return, the company is just uncertain what form it will take: Combustion, electric, or hybrid.
  
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• Autocar names rising stars of UK automotive industry

  13-11-2025 17:00 via autocar.co.uk
  Drivers of Change: New Talent awards recognise the career starters going the extra mile to make a differenceAutocar Drivers of Change has returned for a second edition to celebrate the rising stars of the UK automotive industry.
  Held in association with the SMMT at the Stellantis UK headquarters in Coventry, Drivers of Change: New Talent was all about shining a spotlight on the amazing individuals who are having an impact on the industry in the first stages of their career.
  The goal of Drivers o
  
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• London congestion charge to rise to £18 – and electric vehicles will have to pay

  13-11-2025 15:37 via theguardian.com
  Motoring groups criticise changes for making it ‘harder to go green’ though discounts of up to 50% will applyLondon’s congestion charge will rise by 20% in January from £15 to £18 and electric vehicle drivers will be liable to pay to enter the heart of the capital for the first time.EVs will no longer be exempt from the levy, Transport for London said, but will pay a lower rate. Electric car drivers will get a 25% discount, paying £13.50 a day, while electric
  
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• London congestion charge to rise 20% and apply to electric vehicles

  13-11-2025 15:37 via theguardian.com
  Electric cars will get a 25% discount and electric vans and HGVs 50% in changes to be introduced in JanuaryLondon’s congestion charge will rise by 20% in January to £18 and electric vehicle drivers will be liable to pay to enter the heart of the capital for the first time.EVs will no longer be exempt from the levy, Transport for London said, but will pay a lower rate. Electric car drivers will get a 25% discount, while electric vans and HGVs will pay 50% of the full charge. Continue
  
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• Every model discounted by the UK's Electric Car Grant

  13-11-2025 14:22 via autocar.co.uk
  We list every electric car eligible for the government's £1500 and £3750 and purchase grantsThinking of going electric? The UK government's Electric Car Grant (ECG) is here to help, and the list of models it covers is growing. 
  The new £650 million scheme provides financial assistance to car buyers by reducing the purchase price of eligible new electric vehicles (EVs).
  Launched by the government in July 2025, the ECG enhances the affordability of EVs with the ultimate goal
  
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• Every model discounted by the Electric Car Grant

  13-11-2025 14:22 via autocar.co.uk
  We list every car eligible for the for the £3750 and £1500 ECGThinking of going electric? The UK government's Electric Car Grant (ECG) is here to help and the list of models it covers is growing. 
  The new £650 million scheme provides financial assistance to car buyers by reducing the purchase price of eligible new electric vehicles (EVs).
  Relaunched by the government in July 2025, the grant enhances the affordability of zero-emission cars with the ultimate goal of acc
  
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• 2026 Nissan Pathfinder Revealed: A Sharper, Smarter Three-Row SUV

  13-11-2025 14:00 via motor1.com
  
  The 2026 Nissan Pathfinder gains an updated exterior design, a new paint option, and more technology inside.
  
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• EVs will have to pay London's congestion charge from January

  13-11-2025 11:28 via autocar.co.uk
  Electric cars will be charged £13.50 and electric vans £9; cost for ICE vehicles will also increaseEV drivers will have to pay inner London’s Congestion Charge as part of a push to lower the number of vehicles driving into the capital.
  Announced on Thursday by London mayor Sadiq Khan, prices have been set at £13.50 for electric cars and £9 for electric vans.
  Previously, all EVs (including those powered by a hydrogen fuel cell) were exempt from the cha
  
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• Porsche Once Bought a BMW to Hide Its First Front-Engined Car

  13-11-2025 10:15 via motor1.com
  
  Looks can be deceiving.
  
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• Ford's 'hands off' autonomous driving expanded to more UK models

  13-11-2025 10:05 via autocar.co.uk
  The system only works on designated ‘Bluecruise roads’ and drivers must keep their eyes on the road
  Ford will add its ‘hands-off’ Bluecruise autonomous driving system to more UK models next year.
  The tech launched here in 2023 and is the only Level 2+ autonomous system that has legal approval to be used on UK roads. 
  Using a combination of radars and cameras, Ford’s Bluecruise system works much like any other advanced adaptive cruise control – as offered
  
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• Subaru Launches BRZ Special Edition With STI Upgrades

  13-11-2025 09:05 via motor1.com
  
  You literally have to win the lottery to buy the car.
  
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• Polestar design chief: 'I don’t want revolution - I want evolution'

  13-11-2025 09:00 via autocar.co.uk
  Römers succeeded Max Missoni has design boss in January
  Philipp Römers explains how he plans to shape the Swedish EV start-up’s future
  Design is important to every car firm, but it is absolutely rooted in the DNA of Polestar. The brand was essentially created from the hugely successful reception to a Volvo concept car, and such was the focus on design that Thomas Ingenlath, Volvo’s design boss at the time, was chosen to run it.
  While Polestar is still young, it has a proven
  
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• Nissan 'exploring different routes' to R36 GT-R amid EV rethink

  13-11-2025 06:00 via autocar.co.uk
  Hyper Force concept previewed 1341bhp EV with solid-state battery
  Radical 1341bhp Hyper Force previewed an electric future for Godzilla that might not come to fruitionNissan is reconsidering plans to launch an electric successor to the GT-R supercar based on 2023's outlandish Hyper Force concept.
  Previously described by the firm as a "tangible lucid dream", the Hyper Force is a brutalist, futuristic vision of what an R36-generation GT-R could look like, featuring a solid-state battery and a
  
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