Green Car Congress
AUGUST 25, 2017
In the UK, Hyundai Motor has launched a gasoline and diesel scrappage and trade-in scheme that offers up to £5,000 (US$6,416) off the price of a new model and seeks to improve air quality across the UK by making it easier and more affordable to drive a new, lower emission car. The scheme will run until the end of 2017.
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. Other findings include: General Motors had the highest share of VIO at 26.6%, followed by Ford (18.9%), Toyota (12.6%) and Chrysler (12.5%). The number of cars and light trucks on the road in the US reached 247.9
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 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
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
SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
The car scrappage scheme continues to boost car registrations as sales rose 6.0 per cent in August, the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders ( SMMT ) reveal. The second successive month of growth within the motor industry, August’s sales of 67,006 vehicles build on the 2.4 per cent and 16.9
Green Cars News
OCTOBER 6, 2009
The UK’s car scrappage scheme may have been dubbed a resounding success by the majority of car manufacturers and consumers alike, but it hasn’t won plaudits from all corners. There are ominous questions looming too, as to what the motor industry will do when the scrappage scheme ends. The Green Piece: Tuesday 6 October, 2009.
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