SMMT’s CEO calls for “New Year Hope” amid concern over EV transition

The Chief Executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Mike Hawes, has used his New Year Message to warn of “strong headwinds” the industry faces as it seeks to decarbonise. He writes that billions of pounds had been spent before 2024 in the development of cutting-edge EVs with 135 such car models and […]

Budget “a missed opportunity to help consumers”, says SMMT

Jeremy Hunt’s (pictured) Spring Budget represents a missed opportunity to jumpstart the mass EV transition amid slowing demand for privately bought EVs. After consumer confidence in the EV transition was damaged by last September’s mixed public messaging, and with manufacturers now under an ambitious mandate to sell growing proportions of electric vehicles, the industry was […]