SMMT News

SMMT’s weekly round-up, including all the latest news from UK automotive and a message from SMMT’s Chief Executive.

1. Council adopts regulation on reduction of CO2 emissions from new passenger cars
2. European Parliament adopts roadworthiness package
3. Call for comprehensive trade agreement from EU and US automotive industries
4. Logistics industry report states that European automotive sector looking up
5. Week ahead

1. Government publishes recommendations of the Low Emission HGV Task Force
2. Government announces centralisation of DVA services
3. DPM announced City Deal for Sunderland
4. Government announces Catapult network review
5. Business to help reform enforcement of regulation
6. CBI report demands action on growing skills vacuum
7. Week ahead

Following the success of previous events, SMMT has announced the date and venue for Meet the Buyer 2014. This year’s event will be hosted in partnership with UKTI’s Automotive Investment Organisation and will take place on 25 June in London.…

Today, the Department for Transport (DfT) published papers and recommendations setting out plans to facilitate HGV vehicles’ move to biomethane/natural gas as a lower carbon fuel option.

New cars registered last year in the UK collectively met a European target for CO2 emissions, according to a new report published today by industry body SMMT. In its New Car CO2 Report 2014, SMMT revealed that the average new car in the UK emits 128.3g/km CO2 – a 3.6% decrease over last year that passes the 2015 EU-wide fleet average target of 130g/km CO2.

The EU and US automotive sectors have today reaffirmed their support for a strong transatlantic trade agreement in a joint presentation in Brussels.

Rising new car registrations and longer lasting cars combined to push up the UK car parc by more than 436,000 units, according to a new study by The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The SMMT’s ‘Motorparc’ study is the UK’s biggest automotive census and is compiled annually covering 31,917,885 cars on UK roads.

SMMT’s weekly round-up, including all the latest news from UK automotive and a message from SMMT’s Chief Executive.

1. Phase 1 Trailblazer apprenticeship standards published
2. UK automotive supply chain gains £13m boost
3. Skills Minister attends SMMT and Semta National Apprenticeships Week event
4. February sees growth in new car and commercial vehicle registrations
5. Technical consultation on apprenticeship funding announced
6. Week ahead