Ford is Britain’s worst-performing big brand in electric cars, with just a 6.8% ZEV mix in the first 11 months of the year. New AutoMotive forecasts it could be 7k cars short of its ZEV target; with...

FORD FACES £100m 2024 ZEV MANDATE BILL PM WRITES TO FCA URGING GROWTH FORD AUTHORISED REPAIRER COLLAPSES ‘FATHER’ OF SHERWOODS ALASDAIR MACCONACHIE DIES US RETAILERS MOVE TO BLOCK VW’S SCOUT...

Vertu CEO Robert Forrester says the ZEV Mandate and 2030 ICE ban are “wreaking havoc in the motor sector”. In an op-ed last week, he said manufacturers are “exasperated” by the UK stepping out...

FORRESTER URGES U-TURN ON ZEV MANDATE AND 2030 ARNOLD CLARK ACQUIRES WINGROVE PINEWOOD AI JOINS NFDA NEW DIRECTOR FOR MINI UK LYNK & CO TO DODGE EU EV TARIFFS WITH PHEV FOCUS DMS BATTLE: TEKION...

Reports over the weekend suggest ministers are fast-tracking plans to review the £15k fines for OEMs who miss ZEV Mandate quotas. The consultation announced last week is looking into how far the...

In a weekend OpEd, business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the government is determined to work with the car industry to increase take-up, boost jobs and hit emissions targets – but added the...

My daughter’s car is two months from its next MOT and annual service, and seeing as she’s at uni right now and her car isn’t, everything automotive falls to me. Rather helpfully, my local...

Transport secretary Louise Haigh and business secretary Jonathan Reynolds will meet with the auto industry on Wednesday amid reports the government is preparing to relax rules around the ZEV mandate....

GOVERNMENT PREPARES TO RELAX ZEV MANDATE BRIAN GILDA ‘HORRIFIED’ BY £450k NIC HIT AUTO TRADER AND SMMT LAUNCH EV ‘MYTH-BUSTER’ WESSEX GARAGES IN 2024 LOSS JOE DUFFY MOTORS OWNER UPS VERTU...

Without government incentives to stimulate retail and LCV electric vehicle demand, Ford could be forced to cut the supply of petrol and diesel cars, according to Ford managing director Lisa Brankin....

FORD PINS EV HOPES ON GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES INEOS: DIRECT SALES ‘A MISTAKE’ DUFF MORGAN & VERMONT SAW ‘NO FUTURE’ WITH STELLANTIS WEBINAR: EXPERTS AND OEMS TO EXPLORE NEW ENTRANTS...

LOOKERS OWNER IN NEW $1.2bn EU DEAL PROFIT DOWN AT GLYN HOPKIN BUT UP AT JCB MEDWAY DfT FIGURES SHOW EV INTEREST AT FOUR-YEAR LOW AVAILABLE CAR LOSS SWELLS TO £10.8m VERTU DITCHES TIES STELLANTIS...

REPORT: VOLKSWAGEN TO CUT UK BUSINESS PARTNERS LSH 2023 LOSS MORE THAN DOUBLES TO £11m LABOUR TO BACKTRACK ON 2030 ICE BAN US STELLANTIS RETAILERS SLAM TAVARES IN OPEN LETTER CHINA CAR SALES FALL FOR...

Liam Butterworth, boss of driveline giant Dowalis (formerly known as GKN) has dismissed EV sales targets and predicted that even by the mid-2040s, “we’ll still be probably around 50% of new...

MORE DOUBT OVER 2030 EV PLEDGE NFDA TO REVEAL HUGE SATISFACTION IN FRANCHISED RETAILERS FORD UK WORKERS VOTE TO STRIKE COX TO LOWER 2024 SALES FORECAST CHINA TAKES EU EV TARIFFS TO WTO CHINA JULY...

As auto retail ZEV Mandate pressures continue to mount, Birmingham University business economics professor David Bailey has slammed UK EV policy as being a “shambles… the industry and consumers...

INDUSTRY AWAITS LABOUR PLANS FOR UK EV POLICY ‘SHAMBLES’ FCA’S SHELDON MILLS PROFILED KPMG LOSES PINEWOOD MOTORPOINT’S CARPENTER SELLS 100,000 SHARES CINCH FD REMAINS IN PLACE FIRST CHINESE...

In an NFDA survey ahead of the General Election, 69% of retailers said their top concerns were slowing demand in EVs and meeting ZEV Mandate targets. This is way ahead of the second-highest concern,...

LOTUS U-TURNS ON AGENCY ZEV PRESSURE LAID BARE IN NFDA ELECTION SURVEY JONATHAN GRAVELL TO DISCUSS ZEV MANDATE ON AUTO RETAIL LIVE CAZOO ANNOUNCES WINDING-UP VOTE 50% OF US RETAILERS DOWN AFTER CDK...

Pro-EV lobbying and data NGO New Automotive has joined a growing number of firms criticising the way SMMT reports retail electric car demand, claiming falling private demand for EVs is a “myth based...