News in Numbers

€400 million

Continental is to cut thousands of jobs and is looking for €400m in annual cost savings by 2025 as part of a big competitiveness drive.

+9.5%

The UK new car market grew by 9.5% in November to reach 156,525 units. In the market’s best November for four years, registrations almost returned to pre-pandemic levels.

15.3 million

GlobalData forecast for US Light Vehicle sales for 2023

16.2%

Share of the Western Europe new car market taken by diesel in the first nine months of the year, according to Globaldata estimates. In the same period of 2022, diesel share was 19.2%.

Q4

BYD has announced the European launch of its C-segment BEV hatchback, the Dolphin. Deliveries start in Q4 of this year.