Nick Gibbs

Title: Business correspondent

Articles by Nick Gibbs

Audi A8L in China showroom

Audi suffered a sales slump in China

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Audi, China drag on VW Group sales for 2024 while Lambo shines

VW Group delivered 9.01 million vehicles in 2024, down 2.3% on the previous year

15 January 2025

Audi, China drag on VW Group sales for 2024 while Lambo shines

Mercedes Drive Pilot L3

Mercedes is raising the maximum speed of its Drive Pilot L3 system to 59mph

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Motorway autonomy stuck in cost jam but inching forward

Useable self-driving features remain a top development concern among car makers

14 January 2025

Motorway autonomy stuck in cost jam but inching forward

carlos tavares l with emmanuel macron r paris motor show 2022

Carlos Tavares nailed financial performance targets but placed relationships under strain

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Inside Stellantis’s peace mission to defuse wrath at Tavares

Firm attempts to mend relationships with unions, suppliers, dealers and politicians in start of new era

7 January 2025

Inside Stellantis’s peace mission to defuse wrath at Tavares

Peugeot e 2008 Hyundai Kona E Smart 1

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Progress report: Which car makers are meeting the ZEV mandate?

Some easily hit or even exceeded the UK government’s 22% EV sales target for 2024, but others fell well short

20 December 2024

Progress report: Which car makers are meeting the ZEV mandate?

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Nissan-Honda merger would create new automotive powerhouse

Wide-reaching merger would create a company selling more than seven million cars per year

18 December 2024

Nissan-Honda merger would create new automotive powerhouse

VW Golf plugged in

For the first three quarters of 2024, the VW Group was China's most prolific seller of PHEVs

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Ferocious PHEV demand in China poised to boost UK sales too

Plug-in hybrid ‘compliance cars’ are generally too expensive for retail customers, but China is working to change that

17 December 2024

Ferocious PHEV demand in China poised to boost UK sales too

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Why the global automotive business model might be dead

Stellantis's struggles to sell the same underpinnings with different shells signpost trouble ahead

13 December 2024

Why the global automotive business model might be dead

McLaren Artura Spider front quarter

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Who is McLaren Automotive's new owner CYVN?

This Abu Dhabi investment institution holds the key to unlock McLaren’s long-promised electric SUV

11 December 2024

Who is McLaren Automotive's new owner CYVN?

Citroen e c3 front quarter

Strong orders for electric Citroën ë-C3 will help Stellantis to meet its EU CO2 targets

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Why there’s very little fallout from Tavares’s Stellantis exit

Car making giant has bounced back from stock slide and has several crucial new models in the pipeline for 2025

10 December 2024

Why there’s very little fallout from Tavares’s Stellantis exit

Group of electric cars

EVs are currently selling at an average discount of 9.8%

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'Desperate moves': how the car industry hit ZEV targets

Discounting is now slowing after months of cramming electric cars into the UK market

6 December 2024

'Desperate moves': how the car industry hit ZEV targets

Makoto Uchida Nissan CEO

“A one-million-unit sales increase will be a tough objective,” said Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida

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Nissan looks to avoid repeat of 1999 crisis after profit collapse

Operating profit dropped 90% in the first half of firm's financial year, edging it toward a financial precipice

2 December 2024

Nissan looks to avoid repeat of 1999 crisis after profit collapse

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