CO2 is way too high: retailers will be pivotal if we’re to cut it 25% in a year
Since 2015, average new car CO2 emissions have been going in the wrong direction. Everyone knows why this is so bad: colloquially known as CAFE, it’s the 2020-on EU range-wide average of 95g/km CO2....
Read moreLate last month, Renault announced class-leading residual values for the new Zoe electric car. Cap has forecast values as high as 42% for the new EV, over three years and 30,000 miles. As Renault...
Read moreSeptember isn’t what it was. Years ago, when there was just one registration plate change a year, August was the mega-month for retailers. Who remembers pictures in the local papers of people taking...
Read moreLex Autolease this week launched a new initiative to help drive uptake of the Renault Kangoo Z.E. 33 electric van: extended test drives of up to two weeks. This is significantly longer than even...
Read moreAfter more than 25 years reporting the auto retail sector, nothing much about the industry surprises me any more. But Friday morning’s news from Lookers that both Andy Bruce and Nigel McMinn...
Read moreI caught up with Honda head of car Phil Webb this week, at the reveal of the new hybrid Jazz. Honda had an extra surprise for us during the event: it will bring forward its target of only...
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