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Click the thumbs up >Car manufacturers are looking at model rationalisations, reduced trims and increased co-operations in a bid to comply with clear air targets. Tom Seymour reports.
Retailers can expect further rationalisation of model ranges, variants, trims and engines this year as carmakers look to meet the challenge of emissions regulations.
The Clean Air For Europe (CAFE) programme was phased in from last year, where 95% of a vehicle manufacturer’s fleet needed to emit below 95g/km CO2.
From 2021, the average emissions of all newly registered cars of a manufacturer now have to be below that target.
OEMs breaching the limit will be fined €95 (£84) per car sale, per gram of CO2 over the limit, with companies like Volkswagen Group facing as much as €4.5 billion (£4bn) in fines, based on predictions by PA Consulting (see graph).
Click the thumbs up >A new webinar series designed to help the remarketing sector prepare for the end of the Covid-19 pandemic has been announced by the Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA).
‘The New Normal’ webinar series will start at 10am on January 21, 2021, with a discussion on the implications of the Brexit deal including its impact on customs processes and the future of the UK motor industry.
The speakers will include Brexit expert David Bailey, professor of business economics at the University of Birmingham’s Business School, alongside Glyn Edwards, VAT director at MHA McIntyre Hudson and Andrew Thurston, customs duty consultant at MHA McIntyre Hudson.
Click the thumbs up >The Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) is launching a new series of webinars to support the remarketing association with its preparations for the end of the coronavirus pandemic.
Called “The New Normal Briefing,” the first webinar in the series will start at 10am on Thursday 21 January with a discussion on the implications of the Brexit deal and how it is likely to impact on everything from customs processes through to the future of the UK motor industry.
The speakers will include Brexit expert David Bailey, professor of business economics at the University of Birmingham’s Business School, alongside Glyn Edwards, VAT director at MHA McIntyre Hudson and Andrew Thurston, customs duty consultant at MHA McIntyre Hudson.