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    Peter Campbell

    Global Motor Industry Correspondent

    Peter Campbell is the Financial Times’ global motor industry correspondent, based in London. He leads the FT’s coverage of the industry and works with a team of local correspondents around the world to cover the major car makers, industry trends and technological breakthroughs. He also chairs the FT's annual Future of the Car Summit, where he has interviewed industry leaders including Elon Musk, Carlos Tavares and Jim Farley.

    Before this role he covered technology and UK company news for the FT, and he has previously covered energy, retail, telecoms, media and tax. He was named Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards for 2014.

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    • Monday, 4 December, 2023
      Toyota Motor Corp
      Toyota explores UK investments after hybrid ban postponed

      Japanese group says decision to allow sales until 2035 has helped it ‘remain competitive’

      Work on a hydrogen-powered Toyota Hilux
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      Special ReportManaging Climate Change
      Cost and infrastructure concerns hold back electric vehicle growth

      High interest rates and patchy charging station coverage make it harder to win over mainstream buyers

      A customer looks at a BMW 5 Series Touring automobile on display at a showroom in Berlin
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      News in-depthTesla Inc
      Sweden’s Tesla strikes pit Elon Musk against European labour ideals

      Wave of action over US carmaker’s rejection of collective bargaining risks spreading beyond Nordic country

      Union banners outside Tesla’s service centre
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      General Motors Co
      GM to cut spending on self-driving unit Cruise after accident

      Carmaker will use investor day to outline scale of investment reductions

      A Cruise self-driving car
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Nissan Motor Co Ltd
      Nissan to lead £2bn electric-car investment in Sunderland plant

      Deal would turn facility into all-EV factory as Japanese group transitions models to green energy

      Nissan’s Qashqai car in a Nissan factory in Sunderland, England
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Inside BusinessElectric vehicles
      Electric vehicle failures offer lessons for the next boom

      The great and the good should think twice about backing speculative ventures and do more due diligence

      Nikola Refuse truck
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Tesla Inc
      Tesla strikes in Sweden are ‘insane’, says Musk

      Industrial action at carmaker over collective bargaining sparks wave of sympathy strikes that could spill into other countries

      A member of the IF Metall union stands outside Tesla’s service centre
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Nissan Motor Co Ltd
      Nissan set to build two new electric models at its Sunderland plant

      Japanese carmaker expected to invest £1bn and allay any uncertainty over future of its UK factory

      Workers on the production line at Nissan’s factory in Sunderland
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      UK halves EV sales forecast due to lower fuel costs and higher interest rates

      OBR expectations suggest car industry will miss government sales targets next year

      An electric car being charged at a publich charging point
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      Hunt’s planning proposals fall short, say industry executives

      Housebuilders and energy experts call on government to go further in boosting homes, wind farms and grid capacity

      A workman lays concrete bricks at a construction site
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Volkswagen AG
      Volkswagen becomes latest non-union carmaker to raise US pay

      German carmaker’s 11% increase follows moves by Nissan, Hyundai, Honda and Toyota to lift workers’ wages

      The Volkswagen Chattanooga assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Toyota Motor Corp
      Toyota advert banned for showing pick-up truck convoy driving through river

      UK advertising regulator claims Hilux commercial had ‘no regard for environmental impact’

      A screengrab from banned Toyota ad
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Stellantis
      Stellantis and China’s CATL in talks over European battery plant

      Agreement reflects pressure carmaker is under to lower the cost of its electric vehicles

      A model of a battery-powered motor at CATL’s booth at Munich motor show, in Germany, in September 2023
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Electric vehicles
      UK ‘lags behind’ competitors in securing battery plants, warn MPs

      Commons committee says 160,000 carmaking jobs ‘at risk’ unless new investors sign up

      Nissan’s car plant in Sunderland, which makes the Leaf electric vehicle
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Volvo Car AB
      Volvo shares sink after Geely cuts stake

      Chinese group says commitment to Swedish carmaker remains ‘steadfast’

      Volvo logo
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      News in-depthBritishvolt
      Missing investments and unpaid rent: Britishvolt owner’s broken promises

      Due diligence report by Grant Thornton had raised multiple “red flags” over David Collard, his businesses and his ability to raise financing

      A montage of David Collard and the Britishvolt Gigaplant in Northumberland in the background
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      F1
      Arctos invests in Aston Martin F1 team at £1bn valuation

      Sports-focused private equity group takes stake on eve of first Las Vegas Grand Prix for 40 years

      Fernando Alonso celebrating
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Trevor Milton
      Former Nikola boss should not get prison time for fraud, his lawyers argue

      Trevor Milton is set to be sentenced on November 28

      Trevor Milton leaving the courthouse in Manhattan where he was on trial for fraud
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Renault SA
      Renault chief urges European investors to back its EV IPO

      Luca de Meo outlines French carmaker’s expansion goal with plans to launch seven new electric models

      A Renault Megane E-Tech electric car.
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Britishvolt
      Britishvolt owner faces legal action over unpaid wages

      Former employee serves ‘statutory demand’ on Recharge Industries, which could lead to bankruptcy proceedings

      Computer-generated imagery of a Britishvolt plant
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      News in-depthElectric vehicles
      Carmakers step up EV discounts in bid to stem global demand slowdown

      Sharp deceleration in sales growth as mainstream buyers’ appetite proves weaker than expected

      Tesla showroom in Berlin
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Tesla Inc
      India considers slashing EV tariffs to lure Tesla

      Officials are in talks with Elon Musk’s carmaker to set up a plant in the country

      Tesla chief Elon Musk meets Indian prime minister Narendra Modi
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Britishvolt
      Britishvolt staff warn battery start-up may be trading while insolvent

      Australian entrepreneur David Collard has left bills and staff unpaid for months

      A rendering of Britishvolt’s planned electric vehicle plant in Blyth
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Volvo Car AB
      Volvo Cars exploring investment into US expansion

      Swedish brand eyes President Joe Biden’s green subsidies as it prepares to buy EV batteries from European start-up Northvolt

      Jim Rowan, chief executive officer of Volvo Cars
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Electric vehicles
      Toyota takes on Tesla’s gigacasting in battle for carmaking’s future

      Japanese manufacturer works on new approach as it targets big increase in electric vehicle production

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