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Equipmake puts faith in Saint
- 08/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
UK-based Equipmake has appointed Glenn Saint as business development director. Equipmake develops and manufactures specialist electrification products for the automotive industry, including the bus and coach sectors. His appointment will support the company’s ambition to expand further into the commercial EV [...] -
LCVs march to best quarter
- 05/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
March was a bumper month for light commercial vehicle sales in the UK with new registrations spiking by 11.1% to 52,916 vehicles. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, the strong sales last month saw the sector enjoy its best quarter for three years with volumes now just 7.7% down on the [...] -
New car sales rise for 20th straight month
- 04/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The UK new car market grew for the 20th consecutive month in March, with registrations up 10.4%. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, 317,786 new cars were sold during the month making it the best March performance since 2019 – but still 30.6% down on pre-pandemic levels. Growth was [...] -
Climate Group initiative driving EV transition
- 04/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Corporations within the Climate Group’s EV100 initiative have so far switched more than 630,000 cars and vans to electric models. EV100 has grown from a group of 10 companies six years ago to 128 organisations committed to being fully electric by 2030. According to its Charging the EV Transition report, more [...] -
Exports drive growth in CV production
- 02/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
UK commercial vehicle (CV) production almost doubled in February to 12,927 units, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The 98.4% uplift in volume was the best February performance since 2008 and follows a particularly weak February last year as supply chain issues [...] -
Car production enjoys six straight months of growth
- 28/03/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
UK car production was up 14.6% in February to 79,907 units. According to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), it marked the sixth consecutive month of growth and best February performance since 2021. Production for the domestic market grew 58% to 20,658 units while exports [...] -
Polestar announces new charging partnership
- 28/03/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Polestar and Plugsurfing are partnering to launch a new public charging service that will provide drivers with access to 650,000 charge points across Europe. Polestar Charge offers drivers access to the largest charging networks in Europe, including the Tesla Supercharger network, IONITY, Recharge, [...] -
Industry doubts EV targets will ‘ever be met’
- 27/03/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New research commissioned by ABB Robotics and Automotive Manufacturing Solutions (AMS) has revealed that more than half of the automotive industry does not believe EV targets will ever be met. Its second annual survey of more than 400 industry experts showed a drop from 11% to eight per cent in the number of [...] -
Chinese manufacturer set for £1bn UK investment
- 26/03/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Chinese electric vehicle battery manufacturer EVE Energy could invest over £1bn in a new gigafactory near Coventry that would create up to 6,000 jobs in the region. The site would initially have an output of 20GWh, which would subsequently be increased to 60GWh. Once completed, the new facility would be nearly [...] -
Nissan names new aftersales director
- 22/03/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Nissan GB has appointed a new aftersales director to help drive its transition to an all-electric brand by 2030. Nicolas Belaud takes up the role from Nissan Motors Thailand, where he led the aftersales division. He takes over from Chris Marsh, who has been appointed as director, aftersales importers and [...]