SMMT calls for vehicle decarbonisation plans before government bans
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has called on government to work with industry to develop a plan that facilitates the transition to zero emission HGVs, before it commits an end of sale date for conventionally fuelled trucks. All of Europe’s major truck manufacturers have agreed that new HGVs will be fossil fuel-free […]
Exciting executive EV choices coming soon
By James Morris, Editor, WhichEV Roll the clock back 10 years and the Nissan Leaf was one of the only electric cars available in the market, with a range around 100 miles and very few places you could get a charge. The EV landscape looks very different in 2021. To help the specialist media get […]
Business confidence ‘drives cautious recovery’ in car registrations
With the year’s first full month of showroom openings, new car registrations in May reached 156,737 units, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The total represents an almost eightfold increase on the same month last year, but is down -14.7% on pre-pandemic May 2019, and -13.2% on […]
Motorparc: Total vehicles on UK roads falls to 40.35m
Vehicle numbers on UK roads fell to 40,350,714 in 2020, according to Motorparc data released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the first time the total number has fallen since the global financial crisis of 2009. As the pandemic stifled new vehicle uptake, the average age of cars on UK roads […]
Record numbers of vans on UK roads
Commercial vehicles now account for 13.1% of all vehicles on the road in Britain – the highest recorded this century, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). SMMT’s annual automotive census has revealed that, as of the end of 2020, there were 4,604,861 vans, 589,445 trucks, and 73,608 buses […]
UK’s most popular new car colour? Grey of course
Grey retained its position as the UK’s favourite new car colour in 2020, according to the latest figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). While it was a tough year for new car registrations overall, 397,197 grey units were sold over the course of 2020, which means that just shy […]
Alternative fuel cars hit record sales, but overall market falls
The UK new car market fell -1.3% in November, with 156,621 models registered, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). This maintains the downward trend for new car registrations throughout 2019, as multiple factors, including weak business and consumer confidence, economic uncertainty and confusion over diesel and clean air […]
New van sales down 23.5% in September
The UK new light commercial vehicle (LCV) market declined -23.5% in September, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). 41,216 LCVs were registered in the month, down some 12,632 units on September 2018, as regulatory changes, coupled with economic and political uncertainty, impacted the market. Registrations of larger […]
UK front runner in £62 billion self-driving car race
The UK is in pole position in the global race to market for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), with a £62 billion boost to the UK economy by 2030 up for grabs. That’s according to a report published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) and Frost & Sullivan, which analyses the […]
LCV demand strong in early-2019
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMT) says the new light commercial vehicle (LCV) market grew 8.6% in January, with more than 22,000 new vehicles in this category joining UK roads in the first month of 2019. The findings equate to an uplift of 1,761 vehicles as compared to January 2018. Commercial vehicles weighing […]
