Carmakers are facing fines of more than £600m, if new Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) mandate rules, for selling non-electric cars and vans, go ahead.
Car dealer groups and their EV-buying customers have a month to give input to a House of Lords investigation into electric vehicles (EVs) and the UK Government's strategy to halt the sale of new internal combustion engine (ICE) cars and vans.
AM's regular columnist Professor Jim Saker, emeritus professor at Loughborough University's business school and president of the Institute of the Motor Industry, accuses the UK Government of being "in denial" of its EV policy's opening the floodgates to cheap Chinese imports.
Jim Saker, emeritus professor at Loughborough University's business school and president of the Institute of the Motor Industry, shares his thoughts about the prospects for future production of electric vehicles in the UK since Brexit.
The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) has increased the end-user limit for plug-in van grant applications by 50%, from 1,000 to 1,500 per financial year.
Auto Trader has called for incentives and tax breaks to make electric vehicles (EV) more affordable and put the UK Government’s plan to ban pure petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030 “back on track”.
Members of the Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) will gain insight from the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) head of vehicle policy at a meeting later this month.
Thoughts about the risk of distress sales caused by governments that set short-sighted and disruptive targets to rapidly shift consumer habits from AM's regular columnist Professor Jim Saker, director of the Centre for Automotive Management at Loughborough University's business school and president of the Institute of the Motor Industry.
Stellantis and Ford remain bullish about their electrified future despite the UK Government’s threat of £15,000 per car fines for OEMs who breach its proposed electric vehicle (EV) sales mandate.
In his latest 'guest opinion' column for AM Fraser Brown, managing director of the automotive consultancy MotorVise, spells out why the 'road to zero' must remain a one-way street.
The Government has pledged to stick to its plan to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 as it revealed its Powering Up Britain strategy to transform the UK’s energy infrastructure.
Seven in 10 car dealers say that not enough is being done to support the transition of electric vehicles (EVs) and half of those believe the Government is to blame.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has frozen fuel duty, boosted repairs to pothole damaged roads and targeted solutions to recruitment issues in his Budget statement.
More than half of motorists support calls for a cut in fuel duty in next week’s budget, according to the Startline Used Car Tracker.
The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) has submitted evidence on the fast-changing automotive sector to the Department for Business and Trade’s (DBT) amid concerns new Block Exemption rules may “leave too much unsaid”.
The UK Government has asserted that its new Windsor Framework to refine post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland will “protect” the country’s second-hand car market.
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) chief executive Mike Hawes has admitted that the UK car manufacturing sector needs a new "pitch” to remain competitive with global rivals.
The UK Government believes smart charging could save high-mileage electric vehicle (EV) drivers up to £1,000 per year as part of a new Electric Vehicle Smart Charging Action Plan.
A Net Zero Review delivered on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has recommended the swift delivery of an electric vehicle (EV) mandate and VAT cuts to make public charging more affordable.
Carmakers' scepticism about the mass adoption of electric vehicles (EV) will grow this year, clashing with lofty political ideals of zero-emission motoring, says carwow consumer editor Hugo Griffiths.
