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VMs still waiting for EV dividends
- 26/10/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A new report has found that manufacturers will continue to earn the vast majority of revenue from petrol and diesel models next year. Bloomberg Intelligence’s (BI) Global Autos Industry Outlook 2024 has found that electric vehicles will represent only about 15% of revenues generated in 2025. Michael Dean, [...] -
Customers hacked off with the haggle hassle
- 05/01/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Manufacturers moving to an agency sales model without haggling could see a significant increase in online retail. This is according to research by What Car?, which analysed feedback from 1,310 in-market buyers. It found that 65% said they would be more likely to buy their next car online if the manufacturer [...] -
VMs call for delay to ICE ban
- 07/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Some vehicle manufacturers are asking for a five-year delay to the government’s 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars. Transport secretary Grant Shapps said that many had expressed concerns about meeting the 2030 deadline during the Second Zero Emission Vehicle Transition council meeting held at the [...] -
The age of enlightenment
- 27/08/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Magazine
As car technology continues to evolve at an astounding rate, one of the things manufacturers are focusing on, in regards to car safety, is the design and development of lighting. As car lighting is set to get increasingly more sophisticated, bodyshop magazine looks at what effect this will have on the repair [...] -
VM’s start manufacturing venture in Mexico
- 29/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Five years after their strategic cooperation was established, Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance have significantly expanded their collaboration with the start of a manufacturing joint venture in Aguascalientes in central Mexico. The new business entity COMPAS (Cooperation Manufacturing Plant Aguascalientes) [...]