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Electric vehicle (EV) battery repair will come under scrutiny at the first Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) meeting of 2025. Taking place at the Meriden, Warwickshire offices of VRA member epyx on Thursday 6th February, speakers will include Ashley Minors of motor trade insurance specialist Boswell Aftermarket, talking about his company’s experience with EV battery repair technology, as well as trends ...

The van market is proving resistant to electrification with a “lack of curiosity and awareness” among potential buyers. That’s the view of Dionne Hanlon, senior editor for commercial vehicles at cap hpi, speaking at a Vehicle Remarketing event. The low sales of electric vans is a problem for van makers who are legally bound to have 10% of vans sold ...

The Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) has released its fifth whitepaper.  Titled “EV Misconceptions”, the whitepaper lists 10 concerns surrounding used EVs and is written by battery electrochemist Dr Euan McTurk. The Whitepaper addresses concerns about EV range, battery degradation, charging infrastructure, price parity, insurance costs, running costs. In addition, it addresses myths such as EVs catching fire, EVs being more ...

The current health of the used car market could deteriorate rapidly in Q4 due to a combination of emerging issues, according to the Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA). The impact of the Budget on October 30, falling consumer confidence and larger defleet volumes are considered risk factors. Marcus Blakemore, chair of the trade body’s Industry Trends Sub Committee, said: “The government ...

The used car market is seeing too many medium and large electric cars entering the remarketing cycle, and not enough smaller ones for everyday buyers. That’s the view of Andy Webb, head of sales at Brego who said this imbalance was behind the collapse in BEV values over the past two years. “We’re seeing a skewing of the used EV ...

Battery health tests will become a standard component that is included whenever anyone buys an EV rather thanan add on components as it currently stands. That’s the view of the Car Remarketing Association Europe (CARA), which has already introduced a European battery health check standard . Roland Gagel, workshop lead for battery health, said: “The importance of a battery health ...

Falling refurbishment capacity is impacting remarketing by creating substantial bottlenecks in preparing cars and vans for sale, the VRA’s Industry Trends Committee found. The committee found contributing factors such as consolidation of refurbishment providers, skills shortages, parts availability and limited resources suitable for EVs. Marcus Blakemore, chair of the committee, said: “We’re hearing increasingly from VRA members about problems with ...

The Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) will discuss battery health checks and their impact on the used EV market in depth at a member meeting on 25 July. At Cox Automotive (Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire), members will hear contributions from battery health experts Aviloo, Altellium and Clearwatt, as well as the results of a VRA survey on the best way to apply battery ...

The Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) said the switch back to a 2030 deadline on the sale of  petrol and diesel cars was questionable but plans for a government-backed battery health check were welcome. The original 2030 deadline was moved to 2035 by the current government but both Labour and the Liberal Democrats manifestos have put 2030 deadlines in their election ...

Falling EV values stabilise once they reach price parity with their ICE equivalents, the Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) heard. EV pricing, fleet remarketing trends and remarketing logistics were discussed at the VRA’s March meeting. Discussions centered on EVs achieving price parity with their ICE equivalents. Andy Shields, global business unit director of Indicata, said: “This effect appears to have some ...