SMMT News

1. UK government announces measures on driverless cars
2. London Mayor calls for improvement on air quality
3. All-Party Parliamentary Motor Group launches annual report
4. London safer lorries consultation published
5. Car clubs receive cash funding
6. Week ahead

1. EU commercial vehicle registrations increase in June
2. EU supports TEN-T infrastructure projects with more than €320 million
3. Polk data shows global new car market up 5.3% in June
4. European electric vehicle sales double in 2013
5. Week ahead

Aston Martin will recruit two new clay sculpting apprentices to its Gaydon headquarters at the beginning of 2015, adding to the 12 already recruited across the business. The expanding apprenticeship programme heralds a new direction for Aston Martin, demonstrating the importance that the manufacturer and wider UK automotive industry now places on developing the next generation of skilled workers

SMMT International Bulletin July/August 2014 edition

UK automotive supplier GKN has agreed a deal that will see Formula One technology fitted to 500 buses across the UK. As part of a supply deal with national bus operator Go-Ahead, GKN will provide vehicles with its innovative Gyrodrive electric flywheel technology, which will help to reduce emissions in cities.

Government has today launched a £10 million competition for UK cities to host a driverless cars trial, which will see fully autonomous vehicles take to the streets from January 2015.

All vehicle manufacturers that market electrically-powered vehicles of any kind must provide information on how the lithium-ion battery is recycled. See below of links to each relevant manufacturer’s web page on battery recycling. BMW Group UK Daimler Please email the…

Launching their annual report, the All Party Parliamentary Motor Group welcome impressive levels of growth in UK automotive and say there is no room for complacency to keep the sector driving ahead. A vital part of the UK’s return to…

Today, SMMT released figures for June pre-registrations in the UK new car market.

Find out who has joined the premier automotive trade association and what they get from membership. New members – July 2014