Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
Increased new vehicle sales and lower scrappage rates pushed VIO to the highest point on record since Q3 2008. General Motors was the top manufacturer for new vehicles in the Midwest (25.1%), South (18.9%) and Northeast (14.3%) regions in the first half of 2013. Imports had a 51.8% from a year ago.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 23, 2009
In his Budget statement to the House of Commons on 22 April 2009, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling confirmed that the government will introduce a vehicle scrappage incentive scheme. The £2,000 saving will be made up of £1,000 from the government and £1,000 from the relevant car manufacturer. tonnes) as well as cars.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 13, 2010
Average new car CO 2 emissions in the UK fell by their biggest ever margin last year with the impact of recession and the Scrappage Incentive Scheme boosting the continued influence of technological advances made by vehicle manufacturers, according to the annual New Car CO 2 Report from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 5, 2009
to 112,087 units, according to figures from the UK’s SMMT (Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders). This would be some 410,000 units off the 2008 total and almost 685,000 units down on 2007. Alternatively fuelled vehicle (AFV) demand showed a particularly sharp decline, down 47.4%, in part reflecting strong growth in 2008.
Green Cars News
MAY 14, 2009
We’re just days away from the full implementation of the vehicle scrappage scheme and several providers have announced their participation in the Government backed project. Volkswagen has also announced its scrappage scheme offers. The scrappage scheme comes into effect on May 18.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 19, 2011
g/km CO 2 in 2010 according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders’ (SMMT) 10 th annual CO 2 report. improvement recorded between 2008 and 2009. The scrappage scheme, which ended in March 2010, was a significant factor in this trend. Emissions of new cars in the UK fell 3.5% to an average of 144.2
Green Cars News
OCTOBER 13, 2009
The scrappage scheme has put the car industry on track to meet the EU target of 130g/km of CO2 by 2012. per cent in the first nine months of 2009 from an average of 159.31g/km in September 2008 to 150.56g/km in September 2009. Other manufacturers to have made significant gains include Hyundai with an average of 134.4g/km
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