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Europe’s automotive industry is navigating the most complicated regulatory environment in its history — EV mandates, emissions targets, Chinese competition, and a luxury market that keeps growing regardless. From Wolfsburg to Maranello, Stuttgart to Coventry, Cars & Code covers the European car industry: what it’s building, what it’s abandoning, and whether the continent that largely invented the modern car can hold its ground.
20 articles about Europe
Cheap, cheerful, increasingly competent — but not a threat to the leather-and-walnut end of the market. That era ended this week in Beijing. At the 2026 Beijing Auto Show, which opens its media days today, Chinese automakers have a clear…
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The electric vehicle industry has spent years making carefully reasoned arguments about climate targets, lower running costs, and…
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Porsche's GT division has spent the better part of three decades making people feel slightly inadequate at car…
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The Polestar 4 — a name that tells you it is the fourth Polestar model released, in release…
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Somewhere in Stuttgart, a very expensive whiteboard has been wiped clean. Porsche — the brand that could seemingly…
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Step inside Renault’s Douai factory in northern France and discover how this historic site evolved into one of Europe’s most advanced electric vehicle production facilities, where the all-new Renault 5 is assembled with precision, speed, and sustainability.
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