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...
Read moreMy daughter’s car is two months from its next MOT and annual service, and seeing as she’s at uni right now and her car isn’t, everything automotive falls to me. Rather helpfully, my local...
Read moreTransport 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....
Read moreGOVERNMENT 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...
Read moreWithout government incentives to stimulate retail and LCV electric vehicle demand, Ford could be forced to cut the supply of petrol and diesel cars, according to Ford managing director Lisa Brankin....
Read moreFORD PINS EV HOPES ON GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES INEOS: DIRECT SALES ‘A MISTAKE’ DUFF MORGAN & VERMONT SAW ‘NO FUTURE’ WITH STELLANTIS WEBINAR: EXPERTS AND OEMS TO EXPLORE NEW ENTRANTS...
Read moreLOOKERS OWNER IN NEW $1.2bn EU DEAL PROFIT DOWN AT GLYN HOPKIN BUT UP AT JCB MEDWAY DfT FIGURES SHOW EV INTEREST AT FOUR-YEAR LOW AVAILABLE CAR LOSS SWELLS TO £10.8m VERTU DITCHES TIES STELLANTIS...
Read moreREPORT: VOLKSWAGEN TO CUT UK BUSINESS PARTNERS LSH 2023 LOSS MORE THAN DOUBLES TO £11m LABOUR TO BACKTRACK ON 2030 ICE BAN US STELLANTIS RETAILERS SLAM TAVARES IN OPEN LETTER CHINA CAR SALES FALL FOR...
Read moreLiam 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...
Read moreMORE 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...
Read moreAs 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...
Read moreINDUSTRY 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...
Read moreIn an NFDA survey ahead of the General Election, 69% of retailers said their top concerns were slowing demand in EVs and meeting ZEV Mandate targets. This is way ahead of the second-highest concern,...
Read moreLOTUS U-TURNS ON AGENCY ZEV PRESSURE LAID BARE IN NFDA ELECTION SURVEY JONATHAN GRAVELL TO DISCUSS ZEV MANDATE ON AUTO RETAIL LIVE CAZOO ANNOUNCES WINDING-UP VOTE 50% OF US RETAILERS DOWN AFTER CDK...
Read morePro-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...
Read moreCAR 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...
Read moreMARSHALL TO REPLICATE PENRAGON DIVISIONS? FCA DCA DEADLINE PUSHBACK INTO 2025 ‘LIKELY’ AUTO RETAILERS IN RICH LIST 2024 FIRST FISKER RETAILER OPENS IN NOTTINGHAM AUTO RETAIL LIVE BUSINESS BOOSTER...
Read moreFollowing fears the new ICE market may slow in the second half of 2024, due to potential sales restrictions from brands eager to meet ZEV Mandate targets, there are fresh hopes used cars could take up...
Read moreCOX ‘CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC’ ABOUT USED CARS IN 2024 UK URGED TO AVOID US 100% TARIFFS ON CHINESE CARS FOS HAS 20k MOTOR FINANCE COMPLAINTS AUTO RETAIL LIVE BUSINESS BAROMETER CHINA RETAILERS DITCH...
Read more1 in 10 new EVs are being sold with a discount of 20%, new research from Auto Trader has revealed – to offset list prices that are, on average, 33% higher than ICE equivalents. The research found...
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