The CEO chose the best time to resign, page-18

The director you are referring to is Mr Martin Ward and he sold 2,000,000 APE shares to fund a TAX LIABILITY which arose as a result of the release of approx. 4,000,000 APE shares which were previously subject to a trading restriction. The report noted that he was NOT going to sell any more APE shares.
This reported information does not suggest that he sold the shares because of a possible drop off in automotive sales, in fact because he was continuing to hold other shares, it suggests he is confident of the future oh his company and by inference, AHG also.