Articles by Nick Gibbs

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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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“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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Tavares (left) took over as CEO of PSA (Peugeot-Citroën) in 2014
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A STLA career: what legacy will Carlos Tavares leave?

Stellantis chief steps down after a storied career steering the car world's biggest firms

1 December 2024
A STLA career: what legacy will Carlos Tavares leave?
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Porsche prepares for sales squeeze as China and EVs disappoint

The brand's profits have tumbled to below a billion euros for the first time in at least 10 quarters

26 November 2024
Porsche prepares for sales squeeze as China and EVs disappoint

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