The International Automotive Remarketing Alliance (IARA) Canada announced winners of the 2021 IARA awards, including Remarketer on the Rise, Remarketer of the Year, Industry Icon and Vendor/Supplier.
The new capabilities are trailering, automatic lane change and enhanced navigation display.
The supermarket chain Asda, currently the third largest in the UK, is swapping its company car fleet to all-electric vehicles. The grocer says all its current internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles will be off-fleet latest June 2025, five years in advance of the government's ban on petrol and diesel vehicles, commencing 2030.
Fleets operating in Europe will be forced to electrify vehicles by 2035 under far-reaching plans announced on July 14, 2021, by the European Commission. Called the European Green Deal and dubbed ‘Fit for 55’, the plan embraces the EU’s climate, energy, land use, transport and taxation policies making them fit for reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels.
Fleets operating in Europe will be forced to electrify vehicles by 2035 under far-reaching plans announced on July 14, 2021 by the European Commission. Called the European Green Deal and dubbed ‘Fit for 55’, the plan embraces the EU’s climate, energy, land use, transport and taxation policies making them fit for reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels.
Uwe Hochgeschurtz has been appointed CEO of Opel, effective September 1, 2021. The appointment to the lead role at Opel, part of the Stellantis group of companies, follows the resignation of Michael Lohscheller who has decided to pursue a new challenge outside Stellantis.
A new report suggests that 200,000 accidents in the UK this year will involve an e-scooter.
Hybrids and plug-ins still dominate the electrified market, but with quarter-over-quarter sales up 201%, automakers are pointing to a future with more EVs.