Nick Gibbs

The automaker has struggled to fulfil orders, especially for the Land Rover Defender and the latest-generation Range Rover.

The automaker said it plans to remain exclusive despite the record sales, boosted by demand for the Taycan electric sports car, along with its Macan and Cayenne SUVs.

Martin Sanders will also head Ford's German operations, including its car plants in Cologne and Saarlouis.

The automaker has approached a possible successor, UK motoring magazine Autocar said.

The chip developer will supply its Digital Chassis cloud platform for a new electronic architecture that will appear in Renault vehicles starting in 2026. Qualcomm also announced a deal with Volvo. 

The ultraluxury brand has overcome "significant headwinds" to increase sales to a new record.

The growth in sales of small SUVs has been driven by automakers prioritizing semiconductors for models that returned bigger profit margins

The Golf, Europe's traditional best-selling car, is on track to keep the No. 1 spot despite delivery bottlenecks amid the chips crisis.

The Tesla Model 3's lead is being challenged by models from VW and Renault as sales of battery electric vehicles boom.

The design of the car has been optimized with the help of drivers from Uber to ensure a more comfortable experience for both driver and riders, Arrival said.

Wurst’s promotion comes amid a wider reshuffle of BMW that merges some German and European units and puts more emphasis on the customer’s digital journey.

The move was made to take account of the weighting of the major regions of Europe, Asia and the Americas, BMW said.

"Slashing the grants for electric vehicles once again is a blow to customers," SMMT CEO Mike Hawes said. “We should be doubling down on incentives. Other global markets are already doing so whereas we are cutting.”

While automaker is joining other automakers in embracing battery-electric cars, it is reluctant to abandon the sale of combustion-engines vehicles completely.

Lexus cars will "express the evolution of the automobile brought about by electrification," the brand's president Koji Sato said.