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British automotive manufacturing plants reduce CO2 emissions by -2.8% to deliver lowest carbon footprint on record. Electrified vehicles reach record levels of output as investment in low carbon production delivers more ultra-low and zero emission vehicles to UK roads. Renewable…

New light commercial vehicle market records best first half year since 2019, up 17.7% as supply chain shortages ease. Demand for the latest vans rises by 31.0% in June to reach 34,630 units, rounding off six consecutive months of growth.…

New car registrations rise 25.8% to 177,266 units in 11th consecutive month of growth. BEV market grows 39.4% in June as industry calls for VAT cut on public charging to accelerate uptake. 949,720 new cars registered in first half of…

SMMT released figures for May pre-registrations in the UK new car market. The data shows the number of cars disposed of by vehicle manufacturers in May 2023 that were defined as pre-registrations. Download the May 2023 release

UK commercial vehicle (CV) production grows 36.9% in best May performance since 2008. Growth driven by exports, up 48.1%, while production for UK buyers rises by 13.1%. Year-to-date output is some 47.6% above pre-pandemic 2019, but action is needed to…

UK car production output maintains momentum, growing 26.9% in May to 79,046 units. Volumes for domestic market surge 45.4% to 16,188 while exports rise 22.9% to 62,858. News comes as sector calls for industrial strategy to unlock £106 billion EV…

UK Automotive calls for cross-party adoption of five pledges as part of an industrial strategy to drive industrial transformation, mobility for all, upskilling, global trade, and clean, affordable energy. Commitment would deliver green automotive manufacturing growth and consumer choice in…

Find out below who has joined the premier automotive trade association and what they get from membership: Eversum UK Ltd T/A eVersum Mobility – www.eversum-mobility.com Fapi Motors UK Limited – www.fapimotors.com Mykos Technologies Limited – www.mykos.tech Sunbird Engineering Limited –…

Some of the UK’s most advanced automotive companies will team up next week (11-14 June) at the 36th International Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition (EVS36) in Sacramento, California to demonstrate how British innovation and engineering is driving one of the…

New light commercial vehicle registrations reach 25,359 units in May, up 15.3% on last year in the fifth consecutive month of rising demand. Deliveries of new battery electric vans grow by a fifth (19.8%) to 1,041 units, as more businesses…