In a weekend OpEd, business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the government is determined to work with the car industry to increase take-up, boost jobs and hit emissions targets – but added the...

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COULD GOVERNMENT INTERVENE IN COMMISSION CRISIS? LITHIA AND BCA AGREE 5-YEAR REMARKETING CONTRACT JAGUAR BOSS BULLISH DESPITE BACKLASH (AND FARAGE) SYTNER MIDHURST PORSCHE PLANS APPROVED BLOG: WHY...

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Transport secretary Louise Haigh and business secretary Jonathan Reynolds will meet with the auto industry on Wednesday amid reports the government is preparing to relax rules around the ZEV mandate....

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GOVERNMENT PREPARES TO RELAX ZEV MANDATE BRIAN GILDA ‘HORRIFIED’ BY £450k NIC HIT AUTO TRADER AND SMMT LAUNCH EV ‘MYTH-BUSTER’ WESSEX GARAGES IN 2024 LOSS JOE DUFFY MOTORS OWNER UPS VERTU...

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CHERY’S OMODA COULD BUILD CARS IN THE UK BYD INCREASES RETAIL NETWORK TARGET HERITAGE AUTOMOTIVE 2023 PROFIT HALVES AUTO RETAIL LIVE TO HELP RETAILERS HIT TARGETS CUPRA BRAND ‘AT RISK’ DUE TO...

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Used EVs have been described as ‘spectacular bargains’ after valuations have fallen so much, they have reached near-parity with petrol cars. The Kia e-Niro, Tesla Model 3 and MG5 were all...

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“Overall, the EV journey has been humbling,” Ford CEO Jim Farley has said. Last week, it scrapped plans for a three-row electric SUV, taking a $1.9bn hit, and also said it would cut the share of...

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FORD CEO: EV JOURNEY ‘HUMBLING’ USED EVs NOW ‘SPECTACULAR BARGAINS’ NOTTINGHAM ARENA RENEWS MOTORPOINT NAMING RIGHTS AUTO RETAIL LIVE TO HELP RETAILERS HIT TARGETS AUSTRALIANS GET ‘RIGHT TO...

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More than half of auto retailers say they disagree with the proposed reinstatement of the 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, reveals Auto Trader research. The new Labour government...

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RETAILERS DISAGREE WITH 2030 ICE BAN REVIVAL FIRE AT WALES’ ‘LARGEST CAR SUPERMARKET’ COX WARNS H1 USED CAR GROWTH ‘UNLIKELY TO CONTINUE’ ASBURY IN ‘FASTEST GROWTH’ – AND FTC PROBE...

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Liam Butterworth, boss of driveline giant Dowalis (formerly known as GKN) has dismissed EV sales targets and predicted that even by the mid-2040s, “we’ll still be probably around 50% of new...

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MORE DOUBT OVER 2030 EV PLEDGE NFDA TO REVEAL HUGE SATISFACTION IN FRANCHISED RETAILERS FORD UK WORKERS VOTE TO STRIKE COX TO LOWER 2024 SALES FORECAST CHINA TAKES EU EV TARIFFS TO WTO CHINA JULY...

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FCA PLEDGES TO CUT RED TAPE CAZOO: ‘AGGRESSIVE EXPANSION’ A FACTOR IN FAILURE LITHIA UPS STAKE IN PINEWOOD MOTORCYCLE RETAILERS DISSATISFIED, NMDA SURVEY REVEALS LITHIA Q2 RECORD REVENUE BUT...

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As auto retail ZEV Mandate pressures continue to mount, Birmingham University business economics professor David Bailey has slammed UK EV policy as being a “shambles… the industry and consumers...

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INDUSTRY AWAITS LABOUR PLANS FOR UK EV POLICY ‘SHAMBLES’ FCA’S SHELDON MILLS PROFILED KPMG LOSES PINEWOOD MOTORPOINT’S CARPENTER SELLS 100,000 SHARES CINCH FD REMAINS IN PLACE FIRST CHINESE...

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GRAVELLS SEES PROFIT ALMOST DOUBLE IN 2023 DIESEL RVs SET TO RISE FORMER VERTU NON-EXEC KEN LEVER JOINS MARSTON’S MOTORPOINT U-TURN IN CUSTOMER ROW AFTER MEDIA EXPOSURE MG AND NIO THREATEN PRICE...

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DAY’S MOTOR GROUP AND WADDELL RESULTS VAN MOSSEL BRAND GOES LIVE IN UK SMMT’S MIKE HAWES MADE OBE CINCH ENDS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR SHIRT SPONSORSHIP RENAULT RETAIL’S SCOTT KILBOURN NOW CFO OF...

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Pro-EV lobbying and data NGO New Automotive has joined a growing number of firms criticising the way SMMT reports retail electric car demand, claiming falling private demand for EVs is a “myth based...

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CAR INDUSTRY ‘WRONG ABOUT FALLING RETAIL EV DEMAND’ MOTOR TRADE ‘A JOB BRITS DON’T WANT TO DO’ AFI REBRANDS AS AUTOMOTIVE LEADERSHIP NETWORK FLEETS CALL FOR OEMS TO SOLVE 12V BATTERY ISSUES...

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CHINESE EV ADVANCE SLOWS … BUT MORE NEW ENTRANTS DUE THIS SUMMER JOHN GROSE AND DICK LOVETT RESULTS RETAILERS ‘REMAIN A CORNERSTONE’ FORD PAUSES EV CERTIFIED RETAILER PROGRAM US RETAILER...

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