Tag Archives: EVs

Motor Trader has teamed up with BNP Paribas Personal Finance to bring you a webinar on EV future trends. Taking part in the webinar on 29 April at 11am is Peter Brook, managing director Oracle Finance and Andrew Brameld, managing director, Motor Finance, BNP Paribas. The webinar will cover how customers will buy cars in the future and whether will ...

Arnold Clark has opened an Innovation Centre in Glasgow featuring electric and hybrid cars. It aims to educate customers about the benefits of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs), while highlighting the different types of AFVs currently available. For Arnold Clark employees, it’s an opportunity to learn about advancing technology with training available on-site. Arnold Clark chief executive and group managing director, ...

The government’s decision to fast track the ban on the sale of new internal combustion engine (ICE) cars to 2030 has resulted in a spike in interest in electric vehicles (EV). On the 18 November, the day after the Prime Minister confirmed the move, advert views on Auto Trader for new EVs increased 124%, whilst Auto Trader’s pay per click ...

Hyundai Motor UK has launched an electric used car approved scheme called Hyundai Promise for cars up to 42 months old. The scheme offers 18 months warranty, and 12 months roadside assistance, history and mileage check, driveaway insurance and 30 days or 1,000 miles exchange agreement and flexible finance. Hyundai introduced the IONIQ Electric in 2016. Hyundai dealers will undergo ...

The February issue of Motor Trader includes the now well established Top 50 Movers & Shakers where we do our best to pick out the people who have influenced the business over the past year and look set to do the same in 2020. Many of these Top 50 individuals will be looking closely at how new car sales are ...

The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) has called on the government to continue to give incentives to motorist to encourage the switch to electric vehicles. In a pre-Budget submission NFDA director Sue Robinson said the move was necessary to avoid confusion and falling sales. Currently, no plug-in car grant funding is guaranteed beyond 2020. “UK motorists should continue to receive ...

The latest SMMT figures show a surge in alternatively fuelled vehicle (AFV) registrations in 2019. Those 170,434 registrations represented a record market share of 7.4% compared to 6% in 2018. But the SMMT data also shows the UK new car fleet average CO2 rose for a third successive year, by +2.7% to 127.9g/km. This is a worrying trend in light ...

The average price of used electric vehicles surged 17% to £24,820 in the year to November as demand outstripped supply. That’s the key finding of the Auto Trader Retail Price Index for November, which found that the average price of used EVs continue to grow at a higher rate than their petrol or diesel counterparts. For AFVs more broadly, including ...

The Toyota dealer network is the most satisfied with the profit they are making on electric and plug-in cars compared to petrol and diesel models. That’s a key conclusion of the latest Electric Vehicle NFDA Dealer Attitude Survey which looked at those networks who currently have at least one new plug-in hybrid or pure electric vehicle available to the customer. ...

The Motor Ombudsman has launched a search facility on its Garage Finder to help drivers find accredited businesses that service and repair electric vehicles (EVs) The latest upgrade to the online tool follows the body’s YouGov poll of 1,903 UK driving licence holders, which revealed that 84% of people would not know of a local business to get their electric ...