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New Car Registrations in UK fall 30.9% in January; Industry Urges UK Government to Provide Scrappage Incentives to Boost Demand

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A number of EU member states have launched scrappage incentive schemes, which have the benefit of boosting consumer confidence and delivering significant environmental improvements. Scrappage schemes in other European countries include: Country. . Paul Everitt, SMMT chief executive. No age limit. More than 10 years old. Portugal.

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Tesla Model 3 Europe’s best-selling pure EV in February in its first full month on the market

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Conversely, registrations were up by a huge 36% in Romania, due to the Government’s scrappage scheme in Q4-18, which led to an increase in vehicle deliveries in Q1-19. This was due to an 8% increase in registrations in Germany, which helped to offset double-digit falls in Italy, France, Spain and the UK.

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European car registrations drop 7.1% in April, diesel down 15%, SUVs continue to grow

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The largest decrease in Europe’s biggest five markets was posted by Italy, where registrations decreased by 24.2%; JATO attributed this to the introduction of lower incentives that have cooled private demand. This was followed by the UK, where registrations decreased by 19.8%, as the market felt the impact of the new VED rates.

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Deloitte study concludes mass adoption of EVs in Europe is some distance away

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Just like the Government supported the highly successful car scrappage scheme, they should now be turning their attention to electric vehicles. Within Europe, 4,760 consumers in seven countries—Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey and UK—were surveyed from 28 January to 10 February 2011.

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Euro Auto Production Down 35% in First Quarter 2009; Second Half Production May be Down 25%; Small Cars Hit New Record Share

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While fleet renewal schemes (vehicle scrappage) have helped segments of the passenger car market in some countries, overall vehicle demand in Europe went further down as well. In the first quarter of 2009, automotive production in Europe fell by 35% to 3.4 In Austria, production went down by 69.2%. for passenger cars and 37.6%

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It is good to be small as auto market stumbles

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Indeed even though schemes such as the vehicle scrappage concept have helped segments of the market, overall vehicle demand went down further as well. per cent, Italy down 38.6 This was followed by France, down 46 per cent, Spain down 40.2 per cent and Germany down 32.3 per cent.

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