Contrary to industry fears, there is no evidence that EVS are being scrapped at a higher rate than ICE vehicles due to their significantly higher repair costs
Londoners taking advantage of the city's ULEZ scrappage scheme are being held up from getting their cash and deciding whether they'll buy a replacement car, reports suggest.
An administration assistant who set up a fake client account and embezzled £1.5 million out of her employer, a scrap yard which processed old cars and other metals, is facing a jail sentence.
London's expanded ULEZ has led to spikes in sellers of older cars but may impact MOT testing as the oldest cars are scrapped.
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?
Labour’s shadow business minister Ed Miliband has called for interest free loans to help low and middle-income families purchase a new electric vehicle (EV).
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has expressed “bitter disappointment” over the omission of an automotive sector stimulus package in the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s ‘mini budget’.
Car retailers in Italy will benefit from a post-COVID sales boost after the country’s government gave the green light to scrappage scheme incentives for buyers.
Toyota and Lexus are offering discounts of up to £4,000 to owners of older vehicles to trade up to a brand-new car with the launch of its own its scrappage schemes.
A Government-back new car scrappage scheme could be set to boost the automotive retail sector with incentives of up to £6,000 to switch into an electric vehicle (EV), it has been claimed.
Four industry associations representing Europe’s automotive sector have joined forces to call for car scrappage schemes as part of a 25-point COVID-19 coronavirus recovery plan.
The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) has said that it is vital that Government and car manufacturers “evaluate a support package that stimulates the market” following April’s 97.3% sales slump.
The European new car markets should expect a U-shaped recovery after being hit hard by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in March, according to global sales data compiled by Jato Dynamics.
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.
Mazda is offering customers buying a car before the end of 2019 the chance to save up to £6,000 when they trade-in an older car through its newly-launched Scrappage Scheme Upgrade Plan.
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).
Vauxhall is offering car buyers a minimum £4,000 guaranteed scrappage allowance or £3,000 extra part-exchange value as part of its new scrappage-style Trade-Up sales campaign.
The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) has published its new Mobility Credits Scrappage Scheme policy paper which urges Government to incentivise a move away from vehicle ownership.
Local Government leaders have called on Central Government to create a £1.5 billion vehicle scrappage scheme that could remove nearly half a million older polluting vehicles off UK roads and incentivise the adoption of new low-emission transport.
Government remains cool on the prospect of targeted regional car scrappage schemes as part of local authority’s various bids to combat the UK’s worst emissions hotspots.
