UK motor industry news: carmakers, EVs and charging, recalls, regulation and motorsport business
The BMW Neue Klasse battery plant at Irlbach-Straßkirchen, Bavaria, has entered series production ahead of its original timeline, with two shifts running from opening day, a pace that…
The Raytheon SM-6 missile contract, worth up to $24.4 billion over five years with two additional option years, is the third mega-munitions deal the Pentagon has struck in…
The U.S. Air Force has placed its first full-rate production MH-139A Grey Wolf order, covering four helicopters at roughly $85 million including sustainment work, and Boeing says delivery…
The Isuzu 2026/27 production outlook is effectively going nowhere, with Automotive World’s latest forecast pegging core output (Japan and Thailand) at roughly 568,000 units, broadly unchanged year on…
The U.S. Air Force awarded the F-15EX Lot 7 contract to Boeing on September 29, 2026, covering 22 aircraft at a price of $2.38 billion. The deal keeps…
The USS Truman RCOH contract awarded to HII (HII) locks in one of the most predictable revenue streams available in defense shipbuilding: a fixed-price, multi-year overhaul with no…
Ashok Leyland‘s production forecast, as modeled by Automotive World, shows total output peaking at roughly 222,000 units in 2026/27 before a two-year contraction takes volumes to around 202,000…
The Pentagon’s $450 million investment in Elmet Technologies (ELMT) is less a routine defense contract than a structural bet: Washington has decided it cannot leave the tungsten supply…
Raytheon’s AMRAAM contract with the Pentagon, worth up to $20.7 billion over five years, is the largest single award in the missile program’s history and frames RTX (RTX)…
BYD’s second-generation Seagull, revealed through Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) filings, is a fundamentally different car from the model it replaces: longer, more powerful, rear-wheel drive,…
