Car retailers in Coventry will not benefit from the pilot of a vehicle scrappage scheme which is set to pay motorists £3,000 to take more polluting older vehicles off the road.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has called on the Government to remove VAT from electric vehicles to boost sales after the UK’s new car sales volumes declined 2.9% in February.
The new car market will decline 1.5% by volume in 2020 as consumer confidence and vehicle emissions regulation continue to play key roles, Cazana’s latest market update has predicted.
The UK Government is poised to ban the sale of all hybrid, petrol and diesel cars from 2035, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce at today’s launch of the COP26 United Nations climate summit.
Ford Motor Company has been placed on CDP’s climate A-list as a result of its actions to cut emissions and develop low-carbon technology.
Mitsubishi Motors in the UK partners with OVO Energy to strengthen its net-zero plans.
A state-funded research body has claimed high sales of SUVs are making “a mockery” of UK policy and risking the UK transport sector’s ambition to meet European Union emissions targets.
Mitsubishi Motors in the UK has joined the scrappage scheme scramble with the offer of a £4,500 discount on its Outlander PHEV plug-in hybrid SUV.
Citroën UK is offering customers the chance to save £5,000 on a new C3 Aircross Compact SUV, New C5 Aircross SUV or C4 Cactus Hatch as part of a car ‘scrappage’ scheme aiming to reduce vehicle emissions.
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan will give low income and disabled Londoners the chance to swap into a lower emitting new vehicle with the extension of the capital’s £2,000 vehicle scrappage allowance scheme.
It may sound extreme, but how else can you describe politicians who harm our children’s future for political and monetary gain?
There was WLTP in 2018. Now there's RDE, although one in three dealers knows little about the latest development in the new car testing regime, according to a survey by Manheim.
MPs who suggested that climate change targets require many UK motorists to ‘ditch the car’ completely by 2050 have questioned the commitment of car manufacturers and dealers to the promotion of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs).
Transport for London (TfL) has revealed that the £25 million scrappage scheme proposed by London Mayor Sadiq Khan would rid the capital’s streets of just 1-in-55 high polluting cars.
Ford is offering both car and commercial vehicle buyers the chance to benefit from a £2,000 scrappage scheme discount scheme as part of a new program launched today (July 1).
Changes to government policy, designed to cut emissions, congestion and illness, will almost certainly affect car dealers
Car manufacturers have been accused of setting environmental concerns on one side by delaying their delivery of electric vehicles (EVs) to the market as they prioritise efforts to ‘cash-in on SUVs’.
Mercedes-Benz’s recall of 60,000 vehicles equipped with software designed to manipulate emissions tests have been followed by a profits warning from parent company Daimler.
The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) has described the Department for Transport’s (DfT) granting of a derogation for non-RDE compliant vehicles as “very positive”.
The Mayor of London’s plans to get London ready for an electric revolution does not address the current gap in skills for those that will need to work on electric vehicles (EVs) in future.