{"podcast":{"title":"Motoring Podcast - News Show","slug":"motoring-podcast-news-show-216342","podcast_index_feed_id":216342,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/mpnewsshow/","website_url":"https://www.motoringpodcast.com/episodes/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/152166e3-12c5-4a1b-9e47-b6781b371a91/motoring-podcast-logo-apple-titanium-background.png","author":"Motoring Podcast","episode_count":300,"summary":"Motoring enthusiasts Alan and Andrew discuss their takes on the week's motoring news in this 45 to 60 minute audio podcast.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T12:21:48.103141+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/motoring-podcast-news-show-216342"},"episode":{"title":"Horse power - 2 June 2026","slug":"horse-power-2-june-2026","published_at":"2026-06-03T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/motoring-podcast-news-show-216342/horse-power-2-june-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/motoring-podcast-news-show-216342","url":"https://www.motoringpodcast.com/episodes/2026/06/02/688-horse-power","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/bc66f6bc-b3b3-434d-884a-92fc206b405a.mp3","summary":"OXFORD STILL WON’T GO ELECTRIC FOR MINI BMW is still reluctant to actually convert the Oxford Mini plant to enable their electric cars to be built. Thanks to Brexit, from the 1 January 2027, the UK is expected to be hit by the EU’s Rules of Origin after being delayed for three years. Additionally, production costs are increasing at the UK facility. For more on this, click here to read an electrive article . ASTON MARTIN GET A NEW CCO Andrea Baldi is the new Chief Commercial Officer of Aston Martin Lagonda Limited. He was previously working for Lamborghini. To read more, click this Motor Trader article link here . MILEAGE ALLOWANCE INCREASED If you use your car for work and claim on the mileage driven, then there is some good news as the Government has increased the amount for the first 10,000 miles to 55p. This is backdated to the start of April 2026 too. You can read more by clicking this Money Saving Expert article link here . TOYOTA SLOW DOWN ELECTRIC ONLY DEVELOPMENT Toyota are pausing the development of their electric saloon, based on the concept LF-ZC, which was revealed at the end of 2023. The vehicle was to herald the introduction of many new technologies to the production of their cars, such as gigacasting, solid-state batteries and production lines where the vehicles moved themselves. For more on this item, click this link to an electrive article . MERCEDES COULD BE BANNED FROM US SALES A proposed US bill, the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act of 2026, if brought into law could ban Mercedes-Benz from building and selling their cars in the US due to the largest shareholder being Chinese and are a foreign adversary Government in the US’s eyes. If you wish to find out more, click this link from The Autopian here . GRIDSERVE NOW SERVE MOTO LYMM Gridserve have annou…","meta_description":"OXFORD STILL WON’T GO ELECTRIC FOR MINI BMW is still reluctant to actually convert the Oxford Mini plant to enable their electric cars to be built. Thanks…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2656,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/motoring-podcast-news-show-216342/episodes/horse-power-2-june-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/motoring-podcast-news-show-216342/horse-power-2-june-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}