AutoProtect Group’s Shine business has become a certified carbon neutral mobile repair network.
Is encouraging the scrappage of roadworthy cars – even ones that don’t meet certain emission standards – the right way to go about improving air quality in urban areas?
In the latest in a series of guest opinion posts for AM, Volkswagen Financial Services UK chief executive Mike Todd considers how putting green travel under the microscope at COP27 will affect UK car retail.
Vindis Group has marked Earth Day with a pledge to plant a tree with every car its sells as part of a wider bid to become a carbon neutral business.
JBR Capital has launched a new sustainability initiative, in partnership with Carbon Neutral Britain, to reduce the environmental impact of its clients’ cars.
Car retailers have been told that the only way they can avoid rising energy costs in a potential energy crisis resulting from the war in Ukraine is to go “off grid”.
There are two weeks left for motor retailers to respond to the UK Government’s consultation on the proposed CO2 emissions regulatory framework for all newly sold road vehicles in the UK.
Mazda has delivered CO2 emissions cuts of up to 14g/km through updates to its Mazda2 supermini range - including the addition of mild hybrid technology.
With the publication of its ‘Fit for 55’ proposals, the European Commission has taken a key step towards its goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050.
The EU has set a target of banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035 as the UK Government laid out its plan to achieve net zero CO2 emissions across all modes of transport.
A House of Commons Public Accounts Committee report into the transition to zero emission vehicles has highlighted the lack of “a clear published plan” to meet its goal of banning new petrol and diesel car sales by 2030.
Lamborghini has revealed that it will invest €1.5 billion (£1.29bn) to cut its CO2 emissions output by 50%in half by 2025.
Motorpoint is the sole car retail partner of a newly-launched £10 million Clean Air Zone vehicle scrappage scheme launched by Birmingham City Council to combat CO2 emissions in the city.
Volvo is among a group of 27 companies applying pressure to the European Union (EU) to introduce a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2025.
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.
A report compiled by Jato Dynamics has laid bare car manufacturers’ ongoing challenges in meeting the EU’s stringent CO2 targets for new cars – despite a 12% drop in average emissions in 2020.
Car retailers are being urged to think differently about logistics to reduce their CO2 emissions amid a boom in home delivery brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and rising online car sales.
The Volkswagen Group faces a fine of over €100 million (£89m) after it “narrowly missed” its EU CO2 emissions targets for 2020.
Analyst David Francis examines the arguments that electric cars might not be the 'green' eco-friendly solution.
Jato Dynamics believes car manufacturers' actions to reduce average emission levels, by taking certain cars off sale and driving sales of electrified vehicles, is putting them on track to hit targets set by the European Commission.
