Government has wants 70% of new cars sold annually to fall into the Ultra Low Emissions (ULEV) category by 2030 as part of its Road to Zero strategy.
A look at the UK car market to the end of May shows Vauxhall, Nissan and Fiat suffering.
Over 50 HR directors, managing directors and chief executives from automotive retail and manufacturing brands agreed that the industry needed to “wake up and diversify” at Auto Trader’s diversity and inclusion seminar.
Franchised car dealers have been alerted to an impending heatwave which will see UK drivers spend over £45 million on air conditioning services, and garages “inundated” with re-gas services, according to WhoCanFixMyCar.com.
CBI president Paul Dreschler has voiced fears that sections of UK industry “face extinction” following conversations with bosses from the automotive manufacturing sector.
Jaguar Land Rover’s InMotion mobility services arm has launched a new all-inclusive car subscription service, targeting high-mileage drivers with the “hassle-free” mobility solution.
The Vehicle Remarketing Association has warned that an oversupply of petrol-fuelled used cars is likely to result from the “dramatic shift away from diesel in favour of petrol”.
A £9,900 improvement in April profits for car dealers could be an indicator “the real prospect of a period of comparative prosperity”, according to ASE.
Used car prices on Auto Trader declined by 0.7% in May as the number of online searches for diesel-fuelled cars dipped below 50% for the first time.
With many automotive retail businesses entering 2018 with some nervousness and caution, the market has remained remarkably buoyant for the first four months of the year.
The number of UK drivers considering EV ownership has doubled in the past year according to Close Brothers Motor Finance's Britain Under the Bonnet report.
A coroner has highlighted the DVSA’s lack of demands for BMW to recall cars prone to sudden power failure in concluding an inquest into the death of a former Gurkha who died in a collision involving a stricken 3 Series saloon.
Brexit might have proved the catalyst for growth of car supermarket operations in Ireland as the weak Sterling sparked an importing flurry for Kearys Motor Group.
Car manufacturers will face fines of up to £50,000 per car is they are found to have installed emissions defeat devices as part of new legislation announced by the Government.
Sir Richard Branson’s vision of a ban the sale of vehicles powered purely by petrol or diesel by 2025 have been dismissed as “incredibly unrealistic”.
Women looking to forge a career in the automotive sector face many of the same challenges they faced 30 years ago, delegates at Automechanika Birmingham were told.
A study of hybrid cars compiled by automotive consumer website Honest John has claimed that 98% of models are incapable of matching their advertised fuel economy claims.
Land Rover came top of the premium car brands as Mini topped the volume sector in the results of JD Power’s latest Customer Service Index (CSI) Study.
New car registrations rose by 3.4% in what the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) described as a “modest” increase in light of last year’s 8.5% decline during the same month.
The EU’s Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) will trigger an average CO2 emissions rise of 10% across all sectors, according to Cap HPI.
