Speculation is growing that the UK could ease back on plans for an all-out ban on the sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035 after the EU drafted legislation to allow vehicles powered by e-fuels.
Electric vehicle (EV) adoption will have to be accelerated still further if the EU is to meet its ‘Green Deal’ of cutting CO2 emissions from cars by 55% by 2030, a whitepaper report has found.
The majority of car manufacturers face “significant fines” as a result of a failure to reach EU CO2 emissions targets by 2021, according to a new report published by PA Consulting.
Research is to be carried out to establish the cost in UK jobs and lost business revenue from the proposed opt in consent based regulation for outbound telephone calling.
The forthcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) may radically change dealers' digital interactions with customers. They need to be ready.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) is calling on the Government to reach an interim agreement with the EU in Brexit negotiations to avoid the motor sector 'falling off a cliff edge'.
Dealers need to review customers' payment options carefully to avoid shrinking margins caused by recent changes in payment card charges introduced by the EU, according to audit and tax specialists RSM.
Car sales across the European Union will grow by at least 2.8% in 2017.
The UK is among seven nations subject to legal action from the European Union (EU) over their failure to take action against Volkswagen over the dieselgate scandal.
AM’s survey of how the automotive retail industry planned to vote in the EU referendum predicted the result exactly. Its effects are much less certain.
More than half of UK car dealership sales staff intend to vote for Britain to leave the European Union in next Thursday’s referendum.
Car registrations in the European Union (EU) went up 16% year on year during May, with optimism the growth should continue despite economic and political challenges.
Dealers and manufacturers face a triple data regulation change on top of the finally agreed EU data law, but the Information Commissioners Office is stepping up compliance help.
Brexit could offer diesel vehicles a stay of execution as the UK would no longer to meet stringent EU emissions laws means manufacturers could slow production from 2017, claims Motoring.co.uk.
There would be "significant uncertainty" over used car values if the UK left the EU following the June referendum, says Glass's this morning.
Three quarters of SMMT members say remaining in Europe is best for their business, according to an independent survey.
Toyota is backing the campaign to keep the UK in the European Union.
Franchised dealers are at greater risk now of losing more service work to the independent sector now EU legislation has removed limitations to its taking more market share, it has been claimed.
An about face by European authorities means dealer marketers and service centres fearing the worst from a forthcoming data law now have reason to be far more optimistic.
The European Union will conduct an inquiry into whether regulators failed to prevent the car industry from cheating emissions tests.