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“A new energy support scheme to help all businesses next winter is welcome. However, automotive will not qualify for the additional higher-level support afforded energy intensive sectors” Mike Hawes, SMMT Chief Executive

UK new light commercial vehicle (LCV) registrations end the year down -20.6% following significant post-pandemic fleet renewal in 2021 and supply chain challenges. 16,744 battery electric vans (BEV) registered in 2022, representing 5.9% of all vans joining UK roads last…

Supply chain shortages subdue new car market to 1.61m units in 2022 – a -2.0% fall on pandemic-afflicted 2021 – but UK reclaims position as Europe’s second biggest market. Battery electric vehicles secure best ever monthly market share and become…

Find out below who has joined the premier automotive trade association and what they get from membership: Advanced Electric Machines – www.advancedelectricmachines.com Bespoke Traffic and Highway Solutions Limited – www.bt-hs.com NIO UK – www.nio.com Polestar Automotive UK Limited – www.polestar.com/uk…

UK commercial vehicle production surges 42.9% in November to 11,343 units, the 11th month of consecutive growth in 2022. Overseas demand grows by 89.4%, while production for the domestic market falls by -9.9%. Year-to-date output reaches 96,890 units, 45.1% above…

November UK car production grows 5.7% with 80,091 cars manufactured. Electrified vehicle output rises 18.3% to 29,318 units and more than a third of total production. Volumes for home market up 59.1% while exports decline -5.0% in the month. UK…

SMMT released figures for November pre-registrations in the UK new car market. The data shows the number of cars disposed of by vehicle manufacturers in November 2022 that were defined as pre-registrations. Download the November 2022 release

Britain’s new light commercial vehicle (LCV) market declines -22.2% in November as registrations fall to lowest level for the month since 2013. Battery electric van registrations grow 14.8% to 1,974 units in the month, with 15,039 delivered so far this…

Britain’s new car market grows for fourth month running, up by 23.5% in November, at 142,889 units. Plug-ins account for more than one in four (27.7%) new registrations as battery electric vehicles (BEVs) take their largest monthly share of the…

Industry outlook highlights strategic importance of Automotive to Britain’s economic recovery, with growth worth £14 billion targeted in 2023. Window of opportunity to secure industry’s place in global race to net zero is closing fast with imminent deadlines for investment…